WAEC Timetable 2026 for School Candidates May/June

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Squash WAEC Examination Survival Tips: Beyond Books So, What Now?When Does WASSCE 2026 Start? The West African Elder School Certificate Assessment (WASSCE )begin on Tuesday, 7 April 2026 and run straight through till Friday, 19 June 2026. That’s 2 months of psychological sprints, practical marathons, and whatever in between.

But do not get comfortable just knowing the start and end. Every single day in between those dates holds weight.

The examination days are intense. Some will have 3 papers back-to-back. Others may offer you a breather-but insufficient to relax.

Advised links:

WASSCE Schedule for Candidates from Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia and The Gambia

Prospects from Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia and The Gambia must download the PDF variation of the WAEC 2026 May/June timetable PDF (243 kb).

WASSCE Timetable for Nigerian Candidates

Candidates from Nigeria should download the PDF variation of the WAEC 2026 May/June schedule (Nigerian prospects) PDF– 80KB.

Tuesday, 21 April 2026 Foods and Nutrition 3( Practical)Planning

Session → Duration: 1 hr → Time: 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Home Management 3 (Practical)Preparation Session → Period: 1 hr → Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 midday Monday, 27 April 2026 to Friday, 8 May 2026 Arabic 3 (Oral) → Duration: 15 minutes → Time: Date and time for each paper will be arranged by the Council

French 3 (Oral) → Duration: 40 minutes → Time: Date and time for each paper will be set up by the Council

Physical Education 3 (Efficiency Test) → Period: 2 hrs → Time: Date and time for each paper will be set up by the Council

Foods and Nutrition 3 (Practical) → Duration: 3 hrs → Time: Date and time for each paper will be set up by the Council

Home Management 3 (Practical) → Duration: 3 hrs → Time: Date and time for each paper will be organized by the Council

Music 3B (Performance Test) → Period: 30 minutes → Time: Date and time for each paper will be set up by the Council

Friday, 1 May 2026

• Public Vacation (Workers’ Day)

Tuesday, 12 May 2026

• Hausa 2 (Essay) → Duration: 2 hrs → Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
• Hausa 1 (Goal) → Duration: 1 hr → Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Yoruba 2 (Essay) → Duration: 2 hrs → Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
• Yoruba 1 (Objective) → Duration: 1 hr → Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Igbo 2 (Essay) → Duration: 2 hrs → Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
• Igbo 1 (Objective) → Duration: 1 hr → Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Livestock Farming 3 (Practical) → Duration: 1 hr 30 mins → Time: 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (first set)
• Animals Farming 3 (Practical) → Period: 1 hr 30 mins → Time: 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (second set)
• Beauty & Cosmetology 3 (Alternative to Practical Work) → Period: 1 hr → Time: 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Wednesday, 13 May 2026

• Haute Couture & Garment Making 2 (Essay) → Period: 45 minutes → Time: 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
• Haute couture & Garment Making 1 (Objective) → Duration: 40 minutes → Time: 10:15 a.m. to 10:55 a.m.
• Home Management 2 (Essay) → Period: 1 hr → Time: 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
• Home Management 1 (Objective) → Period: 1 hr → Time: 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Thursday, 14 Might 2026

• Digital Technologies 2 (Essay) → Period: 1 hr → Time: 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
• Digital Technologies 1 (Goals) → Period: 1 hr → Time: 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Friday, 15 May 2026

• Foods and Nutrition 2 (Essay) → Period: 1 hr 15 minutes → Time: 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
• Foods and Nutrition 1 (Goal) → Period: 1 hr → Time: 10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
• French 2 (Essay) → Duration: 1 hr 15 minutes → Time: 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
• French 1 (Objective) → Period: 1 hr → Time: 4:45 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.

Monday, 18 Might 2026 Technical Illustration 2(

Essay)→ Duration: 1 hr 45 minutes → Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Technical Illustration 1 (Goal) → Period: 1 hr → Time: 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Music 2 (Essay) → Period: 2 hrs → Time: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Music 1 (Goal) → Duration: 1 hr → Time: 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Athletics 2 (Essay) → Duration: 1 hr 20 minutes → Time: 2:00 p.m. to 3:20 p.m.

Athletics 1(

• Goal )→ Period: 50 mins → Time: 3:20 p.m. to 4:10 p.m. Tuesday, 19 Might 2026 Animals Farming 2 (Essay) → Period: 2 hrs → Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
• Livestock Farming 1(Goal)→ Period: 40 minutes → Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. Technical Illustration 3(Sketches, Building and Mechanical Illustration) → Duration: 2 hrs 45 mins →

Time: 2:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Wednesday

, 20 Might 2026 Chemistry 3 (Practical) (Alternative A) → Duration: 2 hrs → Time: 9:30 a.m.

to 11:30 a.m. (first set) Chemistry 3(Practical )(Option A) → Period: 2 hrs → Time: 12:00 twelve noon to

2:00 p.m. (second set) Hardware and GSM Repairs 2(Essay)→ Period: 1 hr 35 minutes →

Time: 2:00 p.m. to 3:35 p.m. Hardware and GSM Fixes 1 (Objective) → Duration: 45 minutes → Time: 3:35 p.m. to 4:20 p.m.

Solar Photovoltaic Setup and Upkeep 2 (Essay) → Period: 2 hrs 15 minutes → Time: 2:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Solar Photovoltaic Setup and Maintenance 1 (Goal) → Duration: 45 minutes → Time: 4:15 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Beauty & Cosmetology 2 (Essay) → Period: 1 hr 20 minutes → Time: 2:00 p.m. to 3:20 p.m.

Beauty & Cosmetology 1 (Objective) → Period: 40 mins → Time: 3:20 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Thursday, 21 May 2026

• Further Mathematics/Mathematics (Optional) 2 (Essay) → Duration: 2 hrs 30 mins → Time: 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon
• More Mathematics/Mathematics (Elective) 1 (Goal) → Duration: 1 hr 30 minutes → Time: 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Friday, 22 May 2026

• Health Education/Health Science 2 (Essay) → Duration: 1 hr 30 mins → Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
• Health Education/Health Science 1 (Goal) → Period: 1 hr → Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 twelve noon
• Health Education/Health Science 3 (Alternative to Practical Work) → Period: 1 hr 45 mins → Time: 3:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
• Visual Art 3A (Drawing) → Duration: 3 hrs → Time: 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, 26 May 2026

• Public Holiday (Eid-al-Adha)

Wednesday, 27 May 2026

• Public Holiday (Eid-al-Adha/ Kid’s Day)

Thursday, 28 May 2026

• Public Holiday (Eid-al-Adha)

Friday, 29 Might 2026

• Arabic 2 (Essay) → Period: 2 hrs → Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
• Arabic 1 (Objective) → Period: 50 mins → Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.
• Visual Art 2 (Essay) → Duration: 2 hrs → Time: 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• Visual Art 1 (Goal) → Period: 50 minutes → Time: 5:30 p.m. to 6:20 p.m.

Monday, 1 June 2026 Christian Spiritual Research Studies 2(

Essay)→ Period: 2 hrs → Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Christian Religious Studies 1(Goal )→ Duration:

1 hr → Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Islamic Research 2(Essay)→ Duration: 2 hrs →

Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Islamic Research studies 1(Objective)→ Duration: 50 minutes → Time: 11:30 a.m.

to 12:20 p.m. Physics 2( Essay)→ Duration: 1 hr 30 minutes

→ Time: 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Physics 1 (Objective )→ Duration: 1 hr 15 mins →

Time: 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.

• Tuesday, 2 June 2026 Civic Education 2 (Essay) → Period: 2 hrs →
• Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Civic Education 1(Goal)→ Period: 1 hr → Time
• : 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Agriculture 2 (Essay )→ Period: 2 hrs 10 minutes →
• Time: 2:00 p.m. to 4:10 p.m. Farming 1(Goal) → Period: 50 mins
• → Time: 4:10 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Catering Craft 2( Essay)→ Duration: 50 mins
• → Time: 2:00 p.m. to 2:50 p.m. Catering Craft 1( Objective)→ Period: 40 minutes

→ Time: 2:50 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday

, 3 June 2026 General Mathematics/Mathematics (Core) 2 (Essay )→ Period: 2 hrs 30 mins →

Time: 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 twelve noon General Mathematics/Mathematics (Core) 1 (Objective) → Duration: 1 hr 30 minutes → Time: 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, 4 June 2026

• Government 2 (Essay) → Period: 2 hrs → Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
• Federal government 1 (Objective) → Period: 1 hr → Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Music 3A (Aural) → Duration: 45 mins → Time: 2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
• Haute couture & Garment Making 3 (Alternative to Practical Work) → Period: 40 minutes → Time: 2:00 p.m. to 2:40 p.m.
• Farming 3 (Practical) → Duration: 1 hr 30 mins → Time: 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (1st set)
• Agriculture 3 (Practical) → Period: 1 hr 30 mins → Time: 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (2nd set)

Friday, 5 June 2026

• Location 2 (Essay) → Period: 2 hrs → Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
• Location 1 (Goal) → Duration: 1 hr → Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Geography 3 (Practical and Physical Location) → Duration: 1 hr 50 minutes → Time: 3:30 p.m. to 5:20 p.m.

Monday, 8 June 2026

• Digital Technologies 3 (Practical) → Period: 2 hrs → Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (first set)
• Digital Technologies 3 (Practical) → Duration: 2 hrs → Time: 12:00 midday to 2:00 p.m. (second set)
• Visual Art 3B (Innovative Style) → Period: 3 hrs → Time: 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Tuesday, 9 June 2026

• Chemistry 3 (Practical) (Alternative B) → Duration: 2 hrs → Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (1st set)
• Chemistry 3 (Practical) (Alternative B) → Duration: 2 hrs → Time: 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. (second set)
• Nigerian History 2 (Essay) → Duration: 2 hrs → Time: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Nigerian History 1 (Goal) → Period: 1 hr → Time: 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Wednesday, 10 June 2026

• English Language 2 (Essay) → Duration: 2 hrs → Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
• English Language 1 (Goal) → Duration: 1 hr → Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• English Language 3 (Test of Orals) → Duration: 45 minutes → Time: 2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Thursday, 11 June 2026

• Chemistry 2 (Essay) → Duration: 2 hrs → Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
• Chemistry 1 (Goal) → Duration: 1 hr → Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Literature-in-English 2 (Prose) → Duration: 1 hr 15 mins → Time: 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
• Literature-in-English 1 (Goal) → Duration: 1 hr → Time: 3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Friday, 12 June 2026

• Public Vacation (Democracy Day)

Monday, 15 June 2026 Physics 3(Practical )( Option A)→ Duration: 2 hrs 45 mins → Time

: 9:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. (1st set) Physics 3(Practical) (Option A)→ Duration: 2 hrs 45 mins →

Time: 12:45 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.(2nd set )Marketing 2 (Essay) → Period: 2 hrs →

Time: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Marketing 1(Objective)→ Period: 50 mins

→ Time: 4:00 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. Tuesday, 16 June 2026

Biology 2 (Essay) → Duration: 1 hr 40 mins → Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:10 a.m.

Biology 1 (Objective) → Period: 50 minutes → Time: 11:10 a.m. to 12:00 noon

Literature-in-English 3 (Drama & Poetry) → Duration: 2 hrs 30 minutes → Time: 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, 17 June 2026

• Biology 3 (Practical) → Period: 2 hrs → Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (first set)
• Biology 3 (Practical) → Period: 2 hrs → Time: 12:00 twelve noon to 2:00 p.m. (2nd set)
• Economics 2 (Essay) → Period: 2 hrs → Time: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Economics 1 (Objective) → Duration: 1 hr → Time: 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Thursday, 18 June 2026

• Physics 3 (Practical) (Alternative B) → Duration: 2 hrs 45 minutes → Time: 9:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. (first set)
• Physics 3 (Practical) (Alternative B) → Period: 2 hrs 45 mins → Time: 12:40 p.m. to 3:25 p.m. (second set)
• Accounting 2 (Essay) → Duration: 2 hrs 30 mins → Time: 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Accounting 1 (Objective) → Duration: 1 hr → Time: 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Friday, 19 June 2026

• Commerce 2 (Essay) → Period: 2 hrs → Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
• Commerce 1 (Objective) → Period: 50 minutes → Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.
• Catering Craft 3 (Alternative to Practical Work) → Period: 40 minutes → Time: 3:00 p.m. to 3:40 p.m.

Important notes for WASSCE candidates

Where concern paper time varies

Where the period on the question paper is various from the schedule, candidates must follow the time printed on the concern paper.

Documents offered before the examination date

Visual Art 3

• Paper 3A: Guidelines will be offered to schools two weeks before the paper is due
• Paper 3B: Concern paper will be given to candidates 2 weeks before the paper is due
• Paper 3C: Candidates will perform their projects within 6 months of the examination year; the Council will interact the submission period to schools

Additional time for blind, deaf and dumb prospects

Blind, deaf and dumb prospects ought to be permitted one and half times the time given to other prospects.

Easy and Efficient Exam Tips

Here are some clear suggestions that will assist you carry out well:

• Start revising early: Don’t leave your studying until the eleventh hour.
• Usage previous questions: Practicing previous WAEC questions will help you get comfortable with exam patterns.
• Stay healthy: Consume well, get enough sleep, and take time-outs throughout modification to keep your mind sharp.
• Show up early: Being early for tests decreases stress and provides you time to prepare mentally.

Forbidden Items– Do Not Allow Them To Ruin Your Test

Even if your centre is lax, WAEC isn’t. The guidelines are clear. These items are prohibited:

• Phones (yes, even if it’s off)
• Smartwatches
• Bluetooth devices
• Tablets
• Programmable calculators
• Any suspicious gadget

Captured with one? You’re out. No reasons.

Helpful Resources to Squash WAEC

Do not just rely on your school notes. These products will assist you sharpen your edge:

Use them. They exist for a factor. If absolutely nothing else, they assist you see how WAEC believes.

Exam Survival Tips: Beyond Books

Success is never almost reading. In some cases it’s about the small practices that construct huge results.

• Start early: Revision in February beats cramming in April
• Sleep effectively: Dazed brains stop working basic concerns
• Consume well: Garri and groundnut might not cut it before a 3-hour paper
• Be punctual: Showing up 10 minutes late is generally showing up 40 minutes too late

So, What Now?

The schedule is out. You’ve seen it. Ideally, not simply skimmed it. The days are numbered, and every hour matters. Do not simply read the guidelines. Don’t simply look at dates. Sit with them. Highlight your subjects. Mark the double-paper days. Flag the ones where your name might vanish if you miss out on the useful.

This isn’t the time to think. It’s time to get serious. WAEC doesn’t do second possibilities in the very same year. You pass, or you repeat.

Your relocation.

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