How to Check WAEC Results Online in Nigeria
What you need, every field on the WAEC Direct form explained, the SMS option, and what to do when the portal shows an error.
The Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) is taken at the end of JSS 3 and decides progression to senior secondary school. Many people call it Junior WAEC, although WAEC does not conduct it in Nigeria. Before you can check a result you need to know who did.
First, find out who conducted the examination
- NECO conducts a national BECE. Federal Unity Colleges and many private schools register their students for it. These results are released on the NECO results portal and are checked with a token.
- State ministries of education conduct their own BECE for public schools in the state, usually through a state examinations board. Those results are released through the state's own system or through the schools.
If you are not sure which one applies, ask the school. The BECE result checker token we sell is for the BECE conducted by NECO and will not work on a state portal.
What you need for a NECO BECE result
- The candidate's examination registration number.
- The examination year.
- A BECE result checking token.
Steps to check a NECO BECE result
- Go to results.neco.gov.ng.
- Select the examination year.
- Select BECE as the examination type.
- Enter the token.
- Enter the registration number.
- Select Check Result.
Save or print the result when it opens. Schools usually ask for a printed copy during SS 1 registration.
Common questions
Can I use a normal NECO token for BECE?
They are sold as separate products. Use the BECE token for a BECE result and the NECO result checker token for an SSCE result.
Can one token check several students?
No. A token is tied to the first registration number it is used with. A school checking for a class needs one token per student, and can set the quantity at checkout to buy them in one order.
The result is not showing. What now?
Confirm the year, and that BECE is selected rather than SSCE. If the details are right and nothing appears, the result may not have been released yet, or the examination may have been a state BECE rather than NECO's.