Why we released 2017 WASSCE results early-WAEC boss

The Head of National Office of the West African Examinations Council, Mr. Olu Adenipekun, has said that the release of the results of this year’s West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, earlier than schedule is due to significant improvement on the process.
Adenipekun stated this on Monday during the release of the 2017 WASSCE results in Lagos.
According to him, there was lot of capacity building for the staff of the council, which made it to release the results before the stipulated 90 days.
“The determination and readiness of the staff of the council to give their best and the realisation of the fact that it is necessary for council to continually improve for the benefit of their major stakeholders, particularly the candidates, made us to review our procedure so that candidates will not wait for long for their results,” he said.
Adenipekun added that the council would make further improvement on the number of waiting days such that by the next examination, the results would be released much faster than this year’s.
“We are looking at releasing the results within 45 days,” he said.
On security, the HNO said, “It is our responsibility and our calling to conduct examination for the Nigerian child anywhere he’s schooling and that’s what we have been doing in the past 65 years. And it is our determination to continue, irrespective of the security challenges they are facing.”
Adenipekun added that Federal and state governments cooperated positively with the council “such that where it is necessary, they have given us protection to conduct examinations where there is security challenge.”
He also disclosed that the second diet for WASSCE private candidates was agreed upon at the council’s 65th annual meeting so that no candidate would be placed at disadvantage because of one thing of the other when it will be conducted in January 2018.
On whether states were still owing WAEC, the HNO said that that was possible, adding that there was an arrangement between both parties on how they would pay their debts.
“We don’t have to start mentioning names of states or any individual sponsoring students. It is just for us to encourage them, because they are helping those that might not have done the examination, if not for their help,” Adenipekun said.