Rita Odafe
The Nigerian office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced that manual confirmation and stamping of certificates of candidates who took the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) from 1999 to the present will no longer be used. This is due to the launch of the council’s Digital Certificate Platform, which is meant to reduce the difficulties associated with the manual access and confirmation system.
Moyosola Adesina, acting Head of Public Affairs for WAEC, released a statement saying: “The WAEC Digital Certificate Platform allows candidates to access, download, and share their original WAEC certificates. Institutions and organisations can also promptly and securely confirm the certificates of candidates. It should be noted that certificates accessed and shared through the platform are authentic and sourced directly from the WAEC database. We kindly request that institutions, organisations, agencies, embassies, high commissions, among others, provide email addresses for the digital sharing, receiving, and verification of certificates.”
