Akwa Ibom announces release of N779m WAEC Fees for 48,797 students
The Akwa Ibom State Government has announced the release of N778,998,500 for the payment of the 2023/2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE.
The Commissioner for Education, Mrs Idongesit Etiebiet who announced to some newsmen in her office in Uyo on Friday, said the amount was initial payments for 48,797 candidates participating in the sub regional examination this year.
Etiebiet gave the breakdown of the amount to cover NIN registration fee, Biometric registration, funds for administrative cost, as well as 50 percent of the WASSCE fee.
She noted that the increase in sundry charges for the examination has raised the yearly fee payment by the State Government from N1 billion – N1.5 billion.
She further noted that the West African School Examination fee which hitherto was N18,000 naira, has been increased to N27,000.
“The release of the initial payment by the State Government is to enable the students to participate in the examination, and the Government is expected to pay a balance of over N700,000,000m in due course” She noted.
The Commissioner said she believes that the students would work hard and justify the huge investments committed by Government to their course.
She recalled that recently the state Government had released additional N100m to cater for bursary of students of Akwa Ibom State origin in various tertiary institutions across the country, while grants ranging from N250,000 – N350,000 was also disbursed to students with disabilities.
She stressed that since the commencement of the bursary payment exercise, over 10,000 recipients have benefited from this exercise so far.
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