Registration for the General Certificate Examination (GCE) 2017 will commence April 28.

The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, announced this via its Twitter handle on Tuesday.

WAEC on its official tweeter handle, @waecnigeria shared a screenshot of the details.

The statement read, “This is to inform intending candidates for the WASSCE for private candidates 2017 that registration begins on Friday this week.

“Candidates are expected to pay a registration fee of thirteen thousand, nine hundred fifty naira N13,950 at any of the approved bank or any accredited agents to obtain the registration pin and information VCD.

“Normal registration period is from Friday April 28 to June 28. After obtaining registration pin, candidates should log on to www.waeconline.org for registration.

“Candidates should also note that the registration procedure has been designed to accommodate biometric features that will be used for validation at the exam center.

“Candidates who wish to register for the exam after the close of entries can be accommodated as ” walk-in-candidates” provided they register 24hours to the start of the paper(s) they intend to write. The “walk-in-candidates” fee is twenty five thousand naira, N25,000.”

The examination body had in December last year announced that the GCE Exam, usually conducted around Nov/Dec once a year will now be conducted twice a year in January/February and August/September starting from 2017. (TV360 Nigeria)

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