WAEC begins May/June 2023/24 G/ABCE registration – Register

The 2023 May/June General and Advance Business Certificate Examinations (G/ABCE) registration has commenced. The G/ABCE registration according to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) will end on Thursday April 6, 2023.

In a social media post sighted by AcademicWeek, the non-profit-making organization (WAEC) said prospective applicants can visit its official website waecgh.org for detailed information on the exam registration process.

Eligibility for GBCE

The General Business Certificate Examination is available to both school and private candidates, i.e. candidates attending schools that prepare them for the examination and candidates who study privately towards the examination.

Registration

The entry period is December to February and it lasts for three months. School authorities are expected to register their candidates and upload their entry data online.

Other details of the entry procedure are provided in Notes for the Guidance of Schools which are supplied together with the entry documents. Registration is strictly online for private candidates. Candidates can obtain more information on how to register for the examination at www.waecgh.org

Certificate

The General Business Certificate is awarded to a candidate who obtains at least a pass in a subject offered in the examination. The Group Certificate is awarded to a candidate who obtains passes in all the relevant subjects at one sitting.

A candidate who is unable to satisfy the criterion for the award of a Group Certificate is awarded a certificate for each of the subjects passed.

Eligibility for ABCE

The Advanced Business Certificate Examination (ABCE) is available to School Candidates as well as candidates who study privately towards the examination.

Candidates who have obtained passes in the relevant subjects at the GCE ‘O’ Level/SSSCE/WASSCE/General Business Certificate/Royal Society of Arts Stage II/London Chamber of Commerce and Industry Stage II Level may be considered eligible candidates for the examination.

Registration

The entry period is December to February and it lasts for three months. School authorities are expected to register their candidates and upload their entry data online.

Other details of the entry procedure are provided in Notes for the Guidance of Schools which are supplied together with the entry documents. Registration is strictly online for private candidates. Candidates can obtain more information on how to register for the examination at www.waecgh.org

Condition for the award of Diploma

A candidate who passes all three compulsory and two optional subjects in two sittings within a maximum period of two calendar years from the date of the first registration will be awarded a DIPLOMA certificate.

A candidate who is unable to obtain a pass in all the Subjects within the stipulated period of two years from the date of the first registration will be issued single