Tag: WAEC
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WASSCE: WAEC examination timetable is anti-Muslim – MURIC
An Islamic human rights organisation, Muslim Rights Concern, has rejected the examination timetable recently released by the West African Examinations Council for the 2020 West African Secondary School Certificate Examinations scheduled to begin on August 11, 2020. The organisation based its rejection on the clash between WAEC’s timetable and the period of Friday Jumu’ah prayers.…
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BREAKING: Lagos announces resumption date for students ahead of 2020 WASSCE
Lagos State has agreed with the Federal Government’s pronouncement, directing students in exit classes in Nigeria to resume on Tuesday, August 4, 2020. On Wednesday, the government ordered all the SS3 and Technical Studies (TEC3) students in day and boarding schools to resume on Monday, August 3, 2020. The announcement was made by the Commissioner…
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Covid-19: FG considers alternatives to WAEC, schools reopening
The Federal Government on Thursday said final year secondary school students may have to sit for the General Certificate of Education in November if there is no shift in the timetable of the West African Examination Council. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, said this while answering questions at the 52nd joint national…
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Suspension of WAEC puts Nigeria at more risk, says Atiku
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the suspension of the 2020 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) by the Federal Government. Atiku’s reaction comes two days after the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu announced that no Unity Schools will participate in the scheduled WAEC exams. Speaking after the Federal Executive…
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BREAKING: Nigerian Students Won’t Write 2020 WAEC – FG
Final year secondary school students in Nigeria won’t participate in the forthcoming West African Examination Council(WAEC) examinations, the Federal Government has declared. The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, who disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Wednesday after the week’s virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, also said there is no date for school…
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WAEC restricts exam towns for WASSCE second series
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has opened registration for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates, 2020 – Second Series with a note to candidates to check the examination towns’ list before registering. According to the advert for the examination signed by the Council’s Head of National Office (HNO),…
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BREAKING: Court discharges Sen. Adeleke over alleged exams malpractices
A Federal High Court in Abuja has discharged former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke in the alleged examination malpractices trial involving him and four others. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling on Friday, said he was minded to discharge Adeleke in view of the prosecution’s decision…
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May/June 2020 WASSCE not cancelled, says WAEC
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC)says the May/June 2020 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, 2020 (WASSCE), has not been cancelled. In a statement by the Head of WAEC, Nigeria, Mr Patrick Areghan, on Sunday, the body explained that a notice alleging the cancellation of 2020 WASSCE did not emanate from the council. The council…
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BREAKING: WAEC postpones examination over Coronavirus
The 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination has been postponed indefinitely. The West African Examinations Council made this known in a statement on Friday. The statement quoted WAEC Nigeria’s Head of National Office, Mr. Patrick Areghan, as saying that the examination scheduled to begin April 6, 2020, was postponed as a result of coronavirus…