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WAEC EXAMINATION RULES 2
RULES AND REGULATIONS BY THE COUNCIL

THE WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR DEALING WITH CASES OF IRREGULARITY

IN THE COUNCIL’S EXAMINATIONS

(EFFECTIVE 2022)

DEFINITIONS

INSCRIPTION This includes written or engraved, cut or carved letters, words, paragraphs, messages, etc. whether questions or answers to questions made and found on the skin, clothes or any surface.

MASS CHEATING Where more than half of the candidates for a subject(s) at a centre are involved in collusion, this shall be regarded as mass cheating.

DE-RECOGNITION This applies where the appropriate Committee of the Council is satisfied that a school involved in mass cheating cannot ensure the satisfactory conduct of the Council’s examinations. This implies that the school authority can no longer organise or manage the school as a school centre, although the Council or its agent may use the physical facilities of the school for the purpose of the examinations. The school may be allowed to present its candidates as school candidates after fulfilling specified requirements, or move them to another centre for the conduct of the examination. However, the conduct of the whole examination (Objective, Practical and Essay) shall be the responsibility of the Council.

WITHDRAWAL OF RECOGNITION Withdrawal of recognition implies that the school authority can no longer organise or manage the school as a centre, hence, the school will not be allowed to present its candidates as school candidates and the centre number will be withdrawn.

LEAKAGE This occurs where candidates as well as the general public have access to examination question(s) before release from the Council’s proper custody. It is the illegal filtration of the question(s) from the Council.

FOREKNOWLEDGE This occurs where candidates and/or members of the general public have knowledge of the contents of examination question paper(s) after release from the Council’s proper

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RULES AND REGULATIONS BY THE COUNCIL

THE WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR DEALING WITH CASES OF IRREGULARITY

IN THE COUNCIL’S EXAMINATIONS

(EFFECTIVE 2022)

DEFINITIONS

INSCRIPTION This includes written or engraved, cut or carved letters, words, paragraphs, messages, etc. whether questions or answers to questions made and found on the skin, clothes or any surface.

MASS CHEATING Where more than half of the candidates for a subject(s) at a centre are involved in collusion, this shall be regarded as mass cheating.

DE-RECOGNITION This applies where the appropriate Committee of the Council is satisfied that a school involved in mass cheating cannot ensure the satisfactory conduct of the Council’s examinations. This implies that the school authority can no longer organise or manage the school as a school centre, although the Council or its agent may use the physical facilities of the school for the purpose of the examinations. The school may be allowed to present its candidates as school candidates after fulfilling specified requirements, or move them to another centre for the conduct of the examination. However, the conduct of the whole examination (Objective, Practical and Essay) shall be the responsibility of the Council.

WITHDRAWAL OF RECOGNITION Withdrawal of recognition implies that the school authority can no longer organise or manage the school as a centre, hence, the school will not be allowed to present its candidates as school candidates and the centre number will be withdrawn.

LEAKAGE This occurs where candidates as well as the general public have access to examination question(s) before release from the Council’s proper custody. It is the illegal filtration of the question(s) from the Council.

FOREKNOWLEDGE This occurs where candidates and/or members of the general public have knowledge of the contents of examination question paper(s) after release from the Council’s proper