The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has unveiled the much-anticipated WAEC Digital Certificate Services System (WAEC DigiCert) across all its member countries: The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.
In a statement on Monday, WAEC said the Digital Certificate Services platform is a mobile and web-based application designed to provide enormous benefits to stakeholders. According to the Council, the platform offers simple features that enable users to access, request, confirm, or share digital forms of their original certificates. Users can also recover lost WAEC examination numbers through the system.
WAEC stated that the system is reliable and that the authenticity of certificates obtained through WAEC DigiCert is guaranteed. It added that the cost benefits to users “cannot be overstated.” Following its successful pilot phase in Nigeria, the Council said WAEC DigiCert received positive feedback from candidates and educational institutions worldwide.
The general public and all stakeholders have been advised to use WAEC DigiCert to avoid administrative challenges and bottlenecks associated with manual certificate issuance and collection.
The Council also assured the public that the usual printing and issuance of physical certificates will not be affected by the new innovation.
WAEC said the mobile app can be downloaded on the App Store or the Play Store for iOS and Android devices. For more information, it directed users to visit www.waec.org or its official social media accounts @WAECDigicert.
The statement was signed by Demianus G. Ojijeogu, anipr, Head of Public Affairs, WAEC Headquarters, Accra, Ghana.
