WAEC rolls out digital certificate services across member state

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has rolled out its digital certificate services across all member states, marking a significant step toward modernising examination administration in the region.

Demianus Ojijeogu, head of public affairs, WAEC headquarters, Accra, Ghana, for the registrar, made this known in a statement on Tuesday, made available to journalists.

The initiative is designed to provide candidates with secure, accessible, and verifiable electronic certificates, reducing delays and curbing document fraud.

“WAEC has unveiled the much-anticipated WAEC Digital Certificate Services System (WAEC DigiCert) across all its member countries: The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.

The Digital Certificate Services platform is a mobile and Web-based application that provides enormous benefits to the various stakeholders.

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“It is designed to offer simple features that enable users to access, request, confirm or share digital forms of the original certificates. Users can also recover lost WAEC examination numbers on the system,” the statement reads in part.

According to the council, the system is reliable, the authenticity of the certificates is guaranteed, and the cost benefits to users cannot be overstated.

“Following its successful pilot in Nigeria, WAEC DigiCert received positive feedback from candidates and educational institutions worldwide,” WAEC noted.

The general public and all stakeholders are advised to use WAEC DigiCert to avoid administrative challenges and bottlenecks associated with manual certificate issuance and collection.

The council assured the general public that the usual printing and issuance of certificates will not be affected by this innovation.

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“The Mobile App can be downloaded on the App Store or the Play Store for iOS and Android devices, respectively,” WAEC said. Candidates and parents are advised to visit www.waec.org or our official social media accounts @WAECDigicert, for more information.

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