WAEC Warns: Upload BRS or Miss 2025 WASSCE
James Kamara-Manneh The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has sounded an urgent warning to Senior Secondary Schools across the country, stressing the importance of uploading their candidates’ Biometric Registration Scores (BRS) on the WAEC portal by February 15, 2025.
Failure to meet this deadline will result in students being barred from sitting for the 2025 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
Speaking recently, WAEC Spokesman Sallieu Kamara disclosed that while 892 Senior Secondary Schools have successfully uploaded their Continuous Assessment Scores (CASS), only 11 schools have also completed the mandatory uploading of the BRS. He expressed concern over the lack of progress and urged school authorities to act swiftly.
Mr. Kamara clarified the timelines for uploading CASS and BRS as follows:
- CASS Year 1: May 31 to September 30 annually.
- CASS Year 2: October 15 to December 15 annually.
- BRS: November 15 to February 15 annually.
These timelines, he noted, have been clearly communicated to stakeholders, including the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), the Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools, and the Teaching Service Commission (TSC). Despite these efforts, the low compliance rate remains a significant concern.
Schools that fail to upload the BRS by the stipulated deadline will not be eligible for the 2025 WASSCE. “WAEC will not take responsibility for any school that fails to meet the deadline,” Mr. Kamara warned.
He also highlighted the importance of including each candidate’s reference number in the BRS. Students wishing to change their school of choice must notify WAEC in writing, with a copy sent to the MBSSE, to facilitate necessary adjustments.
Mr. Kamara urged all principals of Senior Secondary Schools to ensure timely completion of the BRS upload process. He emphasized the gravity of the situation, reminding schools that failure to comply would result in their candidates being excluded from the critical public examination.
WAEC has officially briefed the Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Conrad Sackey, on this development, expressing concern over the potential impact on students’ academic futures.
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What is really going to happen to more than the hundred schools that are yet to upload Cass year one, or the minister wants to say all those pupils are not going to write the exam?. We know this is sierra Leone,please,Mr minister and WAEC allow the innocent girls to write the exam.
Open Cass year one for schools