Waec Result Checker – Everything to Know About the Online Results Portal
Two methods can be used to check and print out the results. Firstly, a candidate can do it online by going directly to the examination body’s website: or through text message.
To successfully check WAEC result online, the candidate will have to purchase a special scratch card through banks, post offices, WAEC offices.
The card usually contains a serial number and pin which is to be entered on the WAEC
website or sent through mobile phone text message.
Checking Results Via the WAEC Result Checker Platform
The internet option is the same for candidates in the 5 West African countries. The procedures are listed below.
- Using a scratch card and WAEC ID card, candidates should visit and enter the 10-digit WAEC examination number.
- The 10-digit number is a combination of the school/center number, which is followed
by the 3-digit candidate number (eg: 3460202101). - Once it is done, the candidate is required to select examination years (e.g 2021), then select the examination type as (school candidates only).
- After that, the card serial number is entered, followed by the card’s pin number.
- Click the submit button and wait for the result to be displayed.
How To Check WAEC Results Via SMS
To access the result, a candidate must have in his or her possession a WAEC scratch card or a WAEC ID card.
This format is applicable to all the candidates in the 5 West African countries, but those in Nigeria can send text messages using this format: WAEC*ExamNo*PIN*ExamYear to 32327.
Ensure there is no space in the text format. For instance, WAEC*3460202101*123456789012*2021.
Once the text is sent successfully, the result will be delivered to the candidate’s phone in the form of a text message.
It costs N30 to send the text and is applicable to MTN, Airtel, Etisalat, and Glo users.
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You Can Also Leverage the School System Method
This is about the oldest method of checking WAEC results; it was used before technology and the internet became popular and it’s still been used. This method requires checking your results in your school. When released, the results will eventually be sent to the school where candidates took their exams, however, this is applicable to secondary school leavers.
For private candidates (those who wrote the November/December batch popularly known as GCE) they may need to go to WAEC offices to obtain their result. This method is more stressful, why go through all the protocols when you can to check your results from the comfort of your home?
