WAEC certificates have no expiry date.

There are three categories of officials: supervisors, invigilators and inspectors. Supervisors are teachers nominated by the various State Ministries of Education. They are actually responsible for conducting the exams at the various centres. It is their responsibility to collect question papers from the custodian and return answer scripts to the custodian centres.

Invigilators are usually teaching staff nominated by their school principals to assist the supervisors at the centres, while inspectors are WAEC staff members who go from one centre to another when the examination is in progress.

A confirmation of result can be processed by submitting to WAEC the following:

1. Two plain envelope (9/4)
2. Purchase of WAEC scratch card @ N13,000
3. A copy of certificate or online print out of result
4. Courier Fee depends on courier used and destination
5. An affidavit sworn to in a court of law for Confirmation of Result should which contain the following details:
   1. Candidate's Name (in full)
   2. Name of Examination
   3. Year of Examination
6. Two copies of candidates's passport photograph per result
7. Fee for confirmation of resultis:
   1. =N=39,000.00 per result for overseas institutions
   2. =N=19,500.00 per result for institutions within Nigeria

Confirmed results are not handed over to candidates. They are sent direct to the institutions/establishments which candidates want to provide with the information.

A comprehensive list of offences is provided in Council's Regulations & Syllabuses.

• The following, among others, constitute examination malpractice:
• Candidates bringing books or cribs into the examination hall;
• Insulting or assaulting any examination official;
• Swapping of scripts in an examination hall;
• Replacing their answer scripts with another one during or after the examination;
• Impersonation;
• Taking part in mass or organised cheating in the exam hall;
• All other acts that contravene the rules governing the conduct of the examination.

A Private candidate sends his/her request for an amendment to WAEC directly, while in the case of a school candidate it is the principal who makes the request. In the two instances, the original copy of the certificate should be sent along with the application for amendment. WAEC charges a fee for the amendment where it is discovered that the error emanated from the candidate, otherwise, it is free.

WAEC does not prepare candidates for its examinations by establishing secondary schools or tutorial centres, and no such institutions are affiliated to the Council.

WAEC provides feedback in the form of Chief Examiners' Report on candidates' perofrmance in the various papers for each examination diet, which helps schools and private candidates to prepare adequately for subsequent examinations. The Chief Examiners' Reports are avialable for sale at the Council's offices nationwide.

School candidates collect their certificates from their schools while private candidates obtain theirs directly from WAEC.