The 62nd Annual Meeting of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has ended in Freetown, Sierra Leone with the election of the leader of the Sierra Leone delegation, Dr. Alhaji Mohamed Kamara, as Vice-Chairman for a one-year tenure. He succeeds Mr. Baboucarr Bouy of The Gambia.

The meeting, which was held from Tuesday, 25th  to Friday, 28th  March 2014, was formally opened by His Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, who was ably represented  on the occasion by the Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Dr. Minkailu Bah.

The year 2013 was a successful one for WAEC and I am sure that we are all proud to be part of that success story.  Our determination this year is to consolidate on the success so far attained and to ensure that we better our best.

My dear colleagues,

I most heartily welcome you all into 2014 and I thank God Almighty for His grace which saw us and our families through the past year.

I wish to register my appreciation of our individual and collective contributions to the success of our flagship Organisation in all the member countries in 2013. The achievements recorded were made possible by our unflinching commitment to the sustenance of the Council’s core values and accomplishment of its mission. Through our collective efforts the Council’s scheduled examinations were successfully conducted in all member countries and the results were released mostly ahead of the target dates.