About the Council
The West African Examinations Council is West Africa’s foremost examining board established by law to determine the examinations required in the public interest in the English-speaking West African countries, to conduct the examinations and to award certificates comparable to those of equivalent examining authorities internationally.
By this mandate, the Council is expected to:
- Assist in the development of sound education
- Ensure that educational standards are maintained
- Give the people of West Africa a vision of the great potentials which lie beyond examinations
Vision
To be a world class examining body, adding value to the educational goals of its stakeholders.
Mission
The Council has several missions, most of which are to maintain the standard the Council has achieved:
- To keep providing qualitative and reliable educational assessment.
- To maintain internationally accepted examinations procedures.
- To keep promoting sustainable human resource development, mutual understanding and international co-operation.