The Examinations Council of Eswatini (ECESWA) is an assessment body that is responsible for the development and administration of the following examinations in the Kingdom of Eswatini:

• Eswatini Primary Certificate (EPC)
• Junior Certificate (JC)
• Lower Secondary Checkpoint Assessment (pilot programme)
• Eswatini General Certificate of Secondary Education (EGCSE)
• Eswatini Prevocational Certificate of Secondary Education (EPCSE)

ECESWA was set up under the Ministry of Education and Training and is the sole examining body that is mandated to administer examinations and issue certificates to primary, junior secondary and senior secondary graduates in Eswatini. The organisation was promulgated in 1984 through the Examinations Regulations of 1981. In 2023, Parliament transformed the organisation into a State-Owned Enterprise through the Examinations Council of Eswatini Act of 2023.

Departments

• Product Development Standards and Research

• Examinations Administration and Results Processing

• Finance

• Registrar’s Office: Human Resources and Administration, Communications and Procurement