Parents to pay ₦50,000 to register each child for WAEC or NECO SSCE as govt approves 82% increase

Parents to pay ₦50,000 to register each child for WAEC or NECO SSCE as govt approves 82% increase

Nigerian dad and mom pays ₦50,000 to sign up each infant for WAEC or NECO SSCE from the yr 2027.

that is an eighty two% boom from the previous fee of ₦27,500.

The Federal government accredited the brand new exam price of N50,000 for candidates sitting the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and country wide Examinations Council (NECO) Senior school certificate Examinations (SSCE), with the new fee taking effect from 2027.

The approval used to be contained in a June 18 announcement signed by Adeniji Ibrahim, Director of Senior Secondary schooling at the Federal Ministry of education.

It followed a request by WAEC for an upward assessment of the SSCE registration price.

according to Ibrahim, the choice used to be reached after a March 31, 2026 assembly among the Minister of training and exam bodies, in which the need to study examination expenses was once discussed.

He said the minister also directed each WAEC and NECO to undertake a uniform exam charge.

The increment has drawn complaint from college students and opposition figures.