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WEST AFRICA SENIOR SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS
The West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination is
administered to School Candidates in the third year of the West
Africa Senior School
course and to Private Candidates.
The examination is both for selection to tertiary institutions
and for certification.
- Eligibility
School Candidates
The West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination for
school candidates is available to third year candidates of Senior
Secondary Schools duly recognized by the Ministry of Education and
WAEC.
Private Candidates
Private Candidates, that is those attending approved private
Senior Secondary Schools and also members of the public not attending
Senior Secondary Schools, can be accepted for the Senior Secondary
School Certificate Examination.
Dates of Examination
The examination is conducted in July/August for School
candidates only and in October/November for private candidates.
- Entry Procedure
School Candidates
The entry period is November/December and it lasts
for six weeks. School authorities are expected to register their
candidates on official entry forms and schedules purchased from
the WAEC. Other details of the entry procedure are provided in Notes
for the guidance of Schools which are supplied together with the
entry documents. The completed entry documents, together with registration
fees in bank draft, are expected to be submitted to the Council's
Office located in the region of the School.
Private Candidates
The entry period is April/May. Candidates are expected
to submit completed entry documents, together with the registration
fees in bank draft to the Council's office in the region of their
choice.
Subjects for the examination
School and Private Candidates
The underlisted subjects are available to both School and Private
candidates.
| Core Subjects |
302 English Language
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402 Mathematics
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517 Integrated Science
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214 Social Studies
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Elective Subjects |
101 Agricultural
Programme
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513 Animal Husbandry
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514 Crop Husbandry & Horticulture
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515 Fisheries
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516 Forestry
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507 General Agriculture
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201 Business
Programme
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104 Accounting
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212 Business Mathematics and Principles
of Costing
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213 Typewriting (40 w.p.m)
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214 Business Management
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301. Technical Programme
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311 Building Construction
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312 Woodwork
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313 Metalwork
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314 Applied Electricity
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315 Electronics
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316 Auto Mechanics
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317 Technical Drawing
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401 Vocational Programme
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410 Management-in-Living
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411 Clothing and Textiles
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412 Foods and Nutrition
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413 General Knowledge in Art
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414 Basketry
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415 Leatherwork
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416 Graphic Design
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417 Picture Making
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418 Ceramics
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419 Sculpture
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420 Textiles
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421 Jewellery
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501 General Programme
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511 Literature-in-English
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512 French
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513 Dangme
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514 Dagaare
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515 Dagbani
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519 Gonga
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520 Kasem
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521 Nzema
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522 Twi (Akwapim)
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523 Twi (Asante)
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524 History
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525 Economics
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526 Geography
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527 Government
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528 Christian Religious Studies
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529 Islamic Religious Studies
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530 Music
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531 Biology
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532 Physics
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533 Chemistry
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534 Mathematics (Elective)
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