The West African Examinations Council has announced that the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates certificates are now available on its Digital Certificate Platform.

🇳🇬 Here's What Happened

WAEC made this known in a post on its official X handle on Friday, urging candidates to access their certificates through the platform.

The examination body said, “The 2026 WASSCE for School candidate Certificate is now available for access on the WAEC Digital Certificate Platform.”

Candidates can access, download and share their certificates through the platform by visiting the official WAEC website – https://www.waec.org/ or using the WAEC Digital Certificate mobile application.

📌 Key Details

The digital certificate platform provides two categories of access: Certificate Access, for individuals who want to view, download or share their certificates, and Certificate Confirmation, for institutions and organisations seeking to verify candidates’ certificates.

To access the 2026 WASSCE certificate online, candidates should:

1. Visit the official WAEC website and access the Digital Certificate Platform. 2. Select Certificate Access. 3. Provide the required examination details and identification information. 4. Complete the verification process, including any OTP authentication where required. 5. View and download the digital certificate. 6. Save the certificate securely or share it with institutions that require it. A mock image of the digital WAEC certificate…Photo Credit: schoolcontents.info

WAEC also advised candidates to use its official digital certificate application, available on the Google Play Store, to access their certificates.

The certificate platform is separate from the WAEC result-checking portal, which candidates use to check their examination results.

The development comes after WAEC released the results of the 2026 WASSCE for School Candidates.

📰 Source: Punch Nigeria