This dissertation traces the history of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), the educational testing agency for Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone and the Gambia. WAEC was created in 1952 on the eve of independence from Britain. This dissertation studies the transition of the function...
The examinations are based on syllabuses developed by the West African Examinations Council in collaboration with teachers of the subjects. The objective tests are based on specifications based on the syllabuses. Items commissioned from practicing teachers in the field are edited by officers of the ...
Attempted is to define what lessons it is that students are learning aside from the formal contents of the West African Examinations Council syllabus. The paper discusses the school and its population, and the nature of goals of education for females in West Africa. A brief summary of the ...