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If for any reason your WAEC Certificate was misplaced, burnt or stolen, do not panic at all. Today, I will show you how to get back your lost WAEC certificate.
The WAEC certificate is a document that certifies that a student has successfully completed their secondary school education and has met the minimum requirements for admission to higher education institutions. The certificate is awarded to students who pass the WAEC examination, which is held annually in May/June in West African countries. The certificate contains the student’s personal details, examination results, and other relevant information.
HOW TO GET BACK YOUR LOST WAEC CERTIFICATE
To get back your lost WAEC certificate kindly follow the steps given below:
- Visit any WAEC head office nearest to the school where you took your WAEC examination.
- Inform any of the officials in duty that you lost your WAEC certificate and that you want to apply for WAEC Attestation of Result.
- Give them a police report confirming that you lost your WAEC certificate, your recent passport and an affidavit for WAEC Attestation of Result.
- Pay the required amount for the new certificate and provide other information about yourself (E. g your name, address, the school where you wrote your examination, etc).
Or
- Visit https://www.waec.org/
- Download the waec digital certificate app
- Apply for your WAEC certicicate online
Items/Documents Needed to Collect Attention of Results?
- Letter of Application for Attention of Result: To be handwritten or typed by the candidate
- A police report on lost or damaged certificate
- Photocopy or online result print of the lost, stolen or damaged certificate
- Two recent passports of the candidate
- Court Affidavit
- Administrative Charge of N20,000
CAN WAEC ATTESTATION OF RESULT BE USED IN PLACE OF ORIGINAL WAEC RESULT?
For sure, your WAEC attestation of result can be used for anything the original WAEC result can be used for. Even if you intend to gain admission abroad, you can still use your WAEC attestation of result as long as it was issued to you by WAEC. So there is absolutely no need to doubt whether WAEC attestation of result can be used in place of WAEC.
DOES WAEC ATTESTATION OF RESULT LOOK LIKE THE ORIGINAL WAEC CERTIFICATE?
Yes! there is no much difference between WAEC attestation of result and WAEC certificate. The only difference is on the title of the two documents. In WAEC Attestation of result, the document is titled “ATTESTATION OF RESULT”. On the other hand, the WAEC certificate is titled “CERTIFICATE“. This is basically the difference between “WAEC Attestation of Result” and “WAEC certificate”
HOW MUCH TO RETRIEVE LOST WAEC CERTIFICATE?
It cost about Twenty Thousand Naira Only, N20,000
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR LOST WAEC CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN?
Most times, it takes up to 3 months for persons who lost their WAEC results to receive it. Nevertheless, there is actually no particular time for that. In fact, whenever you apply for a new WAEC certificate, they will tell you when to come and collect your WAEC certificate.
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Good day, please can a lost result with only the name as used in the examination and the year be retrieve in these case, as in the the name of school in which exam was written has been forgotten