Read the passage below carefully and answer the question that follows:
Following the adoption of the Jeffrey Report in 1950, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) was established statutorily in 1952 after the legislative assemblies of Nigeria, Gold Coast (now Ghana), Sierra Leone, and The Gambia passed their respective ordinances. Liberia subsequently joined the council as a member nation in 1974. Headquartered in Accra, Ghana, the council was mandated to harmonize secondary school assessments across Anglophone West Africa. While the council initially conducted examinations in conjunction with British bodies such as the University of London Local Examinations Syndicate, it achieved complete independence in syllabus development by 1977. Funding was initially secured through proportional contributions from member governments, supplemented by candidate registration fees.
According to the passage, which of the following statements is explicitly true regarding the West African Examinations Council?
- Liberia became a member nation of the council in 1974, after its statutory establishment by four other territories in 1952.Cevap
- BThe council achieved complete independence in syllabus development immediately upon its creation in 1952.
- CCandidate registration fees served as the sole source of operational revenue during the council's initial phase.
- DLiberia was among the original founding territories that passed legislative ordinances to establish the council in 1952.