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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) will henceforth cancel the entire results of any candidates who cheat in more than one subject.




In a communiqué it issued at the end of the council’s 55th Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC) meeting, the council said it had become necessary to review its rules on examination malpractice.

The communiqué was signed by the WAEC Deputy Director (Public Affairs), Mr Yusuf Ari, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos.

The meeting held from April 15 to April 17 in Lagos.

The council said that it observed with concerns the indictment of some candidates for malpractice in more than one subject in the November/December, 2012 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

“In order to check the ugly trend, the committee subsequently decided that the sanction in the council’s rules and regulations should be reviewed.

“It is clear that there is an urgent need to review the rule on such cases from cancellation of subject result to cancellation of entire results,” it said.

It noted that collusion and irregular activities, inside and outside the examination hall, were the most prevalent forms of examination malpractice.

It said that monitoring by members of staff of the council and other stakeholders and recent innovations were exposing examination cheats.

“Members believed that if the principal of a school decides that examination malpractice should not be allowed in his or her school, incidences of malpractice will be very minimal,’’ it said.

WAEC said that the NEC endorsed posting of WASSCE irregularities, special and clemency cases on the council’swebsite.

It said that it had been alerted of the existence of a rogue website where false questions and answers were posted daily to defraud candidates during examinations, adding that it had neutralised the activities of those operators.

It warned candidates to jettison such website.

WAEC May/June timetable 2013



Monday, 18th March to Friday, 26th April, 2013
Food and Nutrition 1 (Practical)
Home Management 1 (Practical)
Clothing and Textiles 1 (Practical)
Arabic 2B (Oral)
French 2 (Oral)

Wednesday, 10th April, 2013
Hausa 2 (Essay) 2 hrs – 9.00am – 11.00am
Igbo 2 (Essay) 2 hrs – 9.00am – 11.00am
Yoruba 2 (Essay) 2hrs – 9.00am –11.00am
Hausa 1 (Objective) 1 hr – 4.00pm – 5.00pm
Igbo 1 (Objective) 1 hr – 4.00pm – 5.00pm
Yoruba 1 (Objective) 1 hr – 4.00pm – 5.00pm

Thursday, 11th April, 2013
Chemistry 1 (Practical) Alternative A 2 hrs – 9.00am – 11.00am (1st Set)
Chemistry 1 (Practical) Alternative A 2 hrs – 11.30am – 1.30pm (2nd set)

Friday, 12th April, 2013
Literature in English 2 (Drama and Poetry) 2hrs 30minutes – 9.00am – 11.30am
Literature in English 3 & 1 (Prose& Objective) 2 hrs 15minutes – 2.15pm – 5.00pm

Monday 15th April, 2013
Geography 1 (Objective & Essay) 2 hrs 40minutes – 9.00am – 11.40am
Geography 2 (Essay) 2hrs – 3.00pm – 5.00m
Electronics 2 (objective & Essay) 2 hrs – 3.00pm – 5.00pm

Tuesday 16th April, 2013
Commerce 2 (Essay) 2 hrs 30minutes – 9.00am – 11.30am
Commerce 1 (Objective) 1 hr – 11.30am – 12.30pm
Physics 2 (Objective & Essay) 2 hrs 45minutes 2.00pm – 4.45pm
Music 2 (Objective & Essay) 3 hrs 30minutes 1.30pm – 5.00pm

Wednesday 17th April, 2013
English Language 1 (Essay) 2 hrs 30minutes – 9.00am – 11.30am
English Language 2 (Obective) 1 hr – 2.00pm – 3.00pm
English Language 3 (test of Orals)45 minutes – 3.30pm –4.15pm

Thursday, 18th April, 2013
Financial Accounting 2 (Theory &Practice) 2hrs 30minutes – 9.00am – 11.30am
Financial Accounting 1 (Objective) 1 hr – 11.30am – 12.30pm
Biology 2 (Objective & Essay) 2 hrs 30 minutes – 2.30pm – 5.00pm

Friday, 19th April, 2013
Physics 1 (Practical) Alternative A2hrs 45minutes – 9.00am – 11.45am (1st set)
Physics 1 (Practical) Alternative A2 hrs 45minutes – 12.15pm – 3.00pm (2nd set)
Physical Education 1 (theory of practice) 2 hrs – 3.00pm – 5.00pm

Monday, 22nd April, 2013
Shorthand 1 hr 13minutes – 9.00am – 10.13am
Government 2 (Essay) 2hrs 30minutes – 9.00am – 11.30am
Government 1 (Objective) 1 hr – 11.30am – 12.30pm
Physics 1 (Practical) Alternative B2hrs 45minutes – 9.00am – 11.45am (1st set)
Physics 1 (Practical) Alternative B2hrs 45minutes – 12.15pm – 3.00pm (2nd set)
Foods & Nutrition 2 (objective and essay) 2hrs 30minutes – 2.00pm – 4.30pm

Tuesday 23rd April, 2013
French 1 (Objective & Essay) 2 hrs 15minutes – 9.00am –11.15am
Chemistry 2 (Objective & Essay) 3 hrs – 12.noon – 3.00pm
Woodwork 2 (Drawing & Design)2 hrs – 3.00pm – 5.00pm

Wednesday 24th April, 2013
Woodwork 3 (Objective & Essay) 2 hrs – 9.00am – 11.00am
Auto mechanics 2 (objective & essay) 2hrs 30minutes – 2.30pm – 5.00pm

Thursday, 25th April, 2013
Agricultural Science 1 (Practical) 1 hr 30minutes – 9.00am – 10.30am (1st set)
Metal work 1 (practical) 3 hrs 10minutes – 9.00am – 12.10pm (1st set)
Agricultural Science 1 (Practical) 1hr 30minutes – 11.00am – 12.30pm (2nd set)
Metalwork 1 (Practical) 3 hrs 10minutes – 12.30pm – 3.40pm (2nd set)
Visual Art 1 (Objective & Essay) 3hrs – 2.00pm – 5.00pm

Friday, 26th April, 2013
Economics 2 (Essay) 3hrs – 9.00am – 12.00noon
Economics 1 (Objective) 50minutes – 12.00noon – 12.50pm
Building Construction 1 (Building Drawing & Essay) 2hrs 30minutes – 2.30pm – 5.00pm
Clothing & Textiles 2 (Objective& Essay) 2hrs 30minutes – 2.30pm – 5.00pm

Tuesday, 30th April, 2013
General Mathematics /Mathematics (Core) 2 (Essay) 2 hrs 30minutes – 9.00am – 11.30am
General Mathematics / Mathematics (Core) 1 (objective) 1hr 30minutes – 2.00pm – 3.30pm

Thursday, 2nd May 2013
Principles of Cost Accounting 2 (Theory & Practice) 2 hrs10minutes – 9.00am – 11.10am
History 2 (Essay) 2hrs 30minutes– 9.00am – 11.30am
History 1 (Objective) 1 hr – 11.30am – 12.30pm
Principles of Cost Accounting 1 (Objective) 50minutes – 3.00pm – 3.50pm

Friday 3rd May, 2013
Biology (Practical) 2 hrs – 9.00am – 11.00am (1st set)
Biology 1 (Practical) 2 hrs – 11.30am – 1.30pm (2nd set)
Metalwork 2 (Objective & Essay) 2 hrs – 30minutes – 2.30pm – 5.00pm

Tuesday, 7th May, 2013
Auto Mechanics 1 (Practical) 2hrs– 9.00am – 11.00am (1st set)
Auto mechanics 1 (Practical) 2 hrs – 11.3am – 1.30pm (2nd set)

Wednesday, 8th May 2013
Agricultural Science 2 (Objective& Essay) 3hrs – 9.00am –12.00noon
Visual Art 2 (Drawing/Painting) 3hrs – 2.00pm – 5.00pm
Applied Electricity 2 (Objective &Essay) 2 hrs 15minutes – 2.00pm– 4.15pm

Thursday, 9th May, 2013
Electronics 1 (Practical) – 3 hrs – 9.00am – 12.00noon (1st set)
Typewriting 2hrs 40mins – 9.00am – 11.40am (1st set)
Typewriting 2hrs 40mins – 12.00noon – 2.40pm (2nd set)
Electronics 1 (Practical) 3hrs – 12.30pm – 3.30pm (2nd set)

Tuesday 14th May, 2013
Applied Electricity 1 (Practical) 2 hrs – 9.00am – 12.00am (1st set)
Physical Education 2 (objective &Essay) 2hrs – 9.00am – 11.00am
Applied Electricity 1 (Practical) 3hrs – 12.30pm – 3.30pm (2nd set)

Wednesday 15th May, 2013
Christian Religious Knowledge 2 (Essay) 2hrs 30mins – 9.00am – 11.30am
Islamic Studies 2 (Essay) 2hrs 30mins – 9.00am – 11.30am
Christian Religious Knowledge 1 (Objective) 1 hr – 11.30am – 12.30pm
Islamic Studies 1 (Objective) 1hr – 11.30am – 12.30pm
Building Construction 2 (Objective & Essay) 1 hr 4mins – 2.00pm – 3.45pm
Visual Art 3 (Creative Design) 3hrs – 2.00pm – 5.00pm

Thursday 16th May, 2013
Further Mathematics / Mathematics Elective 2 (essay) 2 hrs 30mins – 9.00am – 11.30am
Further Mathematics/Mathematics Elective 1 (Objective) 2hrs 10mins
Mathematics Elective 1 (Objectives) – 1hr 30mins 3.00pm– 4.30pm

Friday 17th May, 2013
Technical Drawing 1 (Objective &Geometry) 2 hrs 30mins– 9.00am – 11.30am
Arabic 2A (Essay) 2hrs – 9.00am – 10.00am
Arabic 1 (Objective) 1hr – 11.30am – 12.300pm
Technical Drawing 2 (Practical Drawing) 2hr 30minutes –2.30pm – 5.00pm

-Specimen A= stem of cassava plant/
sugar cane or
sweat potato.

-SpecimenB=plantain/banana/pineaple
sucker.

-SpecimenC=runner of grass

-specimenD=sayrogyra spirament in
water

-specimenE=lung of freshly killed
goat

-specimenF=freshly preserved toad

-SpecimenG1=water leaf plant with
freshly stem

-specimenG2=water leaf plant with
freshly skin(leaf in
coffe solution for six hours)

-SpecimenL=skin of goat or sheep or
cow

-SpecimenM=feather -SpecimenN=shell of a gaint africa
snell -SpecimenO

-SpecimenP=tuber of irish potatoes

-SpecimenQ=hibiscus(weag of hibiscus
or bougainum)

-specimenR=cassava cutton

-specimenS=hind wing of a cockroach.

NOTE:-SPECIMEN H I J K IS Not for Nigeria
Student.