SSCE fee hike: Examination bodies would have generated N175bn annually — Investigation
By Joseph Erunke& Elizabeth Osayande If the Federal Government had not reversed the proposed N50,000 registration fee per candidate for the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination conducted by the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, and the National Examinations Council, NECO, the examination bodies would have been able to generate more than N175 billion annually.39 billion from WASSCE for Private Candidates alone, a figure driven by a 50 per cent fee hike and a full switch to computer-based testing.
With the fee now locked at N27,000 and CBT fully in place, analysts expect WAEC’s private candidate revenue to stay above N1.
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