WAEC Correction of Names & DOB | Guidelines & Requirements

There has been a rising cases or need from candidates of the West African Examination Council, WAEC on Correction of Names and Date of Birth on their results or Certificates issue by the Council.

WAEC Correction of Names, Date of Birth / Correction Of Data Requirements

Candidates are required to provide the following documents before proceeding to any of the the state or zonal WAEC Offices Nationwide for corrections.

1. Attestation Letter [This letter can be gotten from your school, showing you were / or still a bonafide student of the institution.]
2. Correction Letter [ The correction letter was to state the errors found in the WAEC result / certificate, Please kindly make sure you admit the mistakes been made]
3. Birth Certificate [This birth certificate MUST be the original one]
4. WAEC Result / Certificate [the one with the error on it]
5. Sworn Affidavit [Be it for Correction of Name or Date of Birth depending on your case]
6. School Register [This are for graduates, you must present your school register showing you were among those graduated from your institution]
7. Cash Sum of N10,000 for Names Correction or Date of Birth Correction, The both correction at once cost N15,000.

WAEC Correction of Names, Date of Birth / Correction Of Data Guidelines

Now haven gotten the above required documents you are to proceed to any of the WAEC Zonal, State Offices in your State or the State where you sat or wrote the examination and submit the documents and make the payment stated above.

You are also to provide your contact details such as address and phone numbers to be contacted once the amendment has been processed.

NOTE: You are to issued a receipt showing your payment was successful and accepted, You are now to wait for a validity period of 3 – 6 Months for the Council to work on your request and get it processed.

Please never patronize any individual claiming to offer this service anywhere apart from the WAEC Offices, please don’t just visit the WAEC Office for Correction of Names & Date of Birth walk-in to the office and don’t patronize touts hanging around at the various offices.

Be informed that once the WAEC Correction of Names & Date of Birth has been processed you will be contacted by WAEC to either pick it up yourself or log on online to print your certificate online.

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