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  • JUST IN: WAEC releases 2020 WASSCE results for private candidates

    JUST IN: WAEC releases 2020 WASSCE results for private candidates

    The West African Examinations Council has released the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for private candidates (second series).

    Announcing the release of the results on Monday, the council said 39.82 per cent made credits in five subjects, including Mathematics and English.

    The Head of the National Office, Patrick Areghan, also announced the opening of registration for the 2021 WASSCE for school candidates.

    According to Areghan, the newly-released result is an improvement in performance in the examination in the last two years.

    He said, “Twenty Four Thousand Four Hundred and Ninety One (24,491) candidates representing 39.82% obtained credit and above in a minimum of five (5) subjects including English Language and Mathematics.

    “Out of this number, 12,040 i. e. 49.16 per cent were male candidates, while 12,451 i.e. 50.84 per cent were female candidates.

    “The percentage of candidates in this category in the WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2018 and 2019, that is, those who obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, were 35.99 per cent and 35.10 per cent respectively. Thus, there is a marginal increase of 4.72 per cent in performance in this regard.”

    Areghan also of the 61,509 candidates who took the examination, 5,548 (9.02 per cent) have their results being withheld because of alleged involvement in examination malpractice.

  • JUST IN: WAEC postpones 2020 WASSCE

    JUST IN: WAEC postpones 2020 WASSCE

    The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has postponed the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates in Nigeria.

    Head of Public Affairs, WAEC Nigeria, Mr Demianus Ojijeogu, who made this known in a statement, said the examination commences by Monday, November 30, 2020.

    The statement was titled: ‘West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) For Private Candidates, 2020-Second Series: Change in Timetable’.

    Ojijeogu stated: “The West African Examinations Council, Nigeria wishes to inform all registered candidates for WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2020-Second Series and the general public that there has been a change in timetable.

    “The examination, which was initially scheduled to commence on Saturday, November 14, 2020 will no longer hold as planned, due to circumstances beyond our control.

    “The examination has now been rescheduled to commence on Monday, November 30, 2020.

    “The Council wishes to reassure candidates that the new timetable for the conduct of the examination will be released soon.

    “We regret any inconveniences this might cause our dear candidates and members of the general public.”

  • WAEC: Why Ekiti State results delay

    WAEC: Why Ekiti State results delay

    The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Thursday wrote to the Ekiti State government to apologise for the delay in the release of the 2020 results of its candidates.

    In the letter, the Council also clarified that the two-day delay in the release of the results on Thursday was not because the state government was indebted to it as was being insinuated in some quarters.

    It said the delay resulted from a technical malfunction.

    In the letter dated Nov.5 and signed by WAEC’s Branch Controller in the state, Alhaji Olajide Hakeem, for the Head of National Office, the Council maintained that the Ekiti Government was not in any way indebted to the council.

    The letter, addressed to the Commissioner for Education, Dr Olabimpe Aderiye, reads: “On behalf of the national office and the entire WAEC, I hereby tender our unreserved apology for the delay that occurred in the release of the Ekiti State public schools’ results.

    “The Council wishes to state clearly that Ekiti State was not in any way indebted to WAEC.

    “However, it should be noted that many candidates from all parts of the country were unable to access their results throughout yesterday (Wednesday) due to the heavy traffic congestion on our side. The results were eventually accessed from 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday.

    “We condemn in its entirety, any attempt by anybody or group making campaign of calumny to achieve any selfish desires on this very sensitive issue.

    “Ekiti State government remains one of our very reliable clients and we cherish the cordial relationship existing between the state and the Council, which we intend to keep.

    “We regret any inconvenience arising from the delay of results of the Ekiti State public schools.

    “Please, accept the warmest assurances of our highest regard.’’

    Anxiety had mounted in parents and candidates in the state over their inability to access their results via the online platform provided by the Council since Monday, thus fuelling the insinuation in some quarters that Ekiti State might be one of the states indebted to WAEC.

    However, strong indications emerged at about noon on Thursday that the Council had released results of candidates who sat for the examination.

  • WAEC withholds results of 215,149 candidates

    WAEC withholds results of 215,149 candidates

    The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Monday disclosed that it has withheld the results of 215, 149 candidates who wrote the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in Nigeria.

    WAEC said the results of the candidates representing 13.98% of the total number of candidates who wrote the examination are being withheld in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice.

    Patrick Areghan, head of WAEC Nigeria, broke the news at a briefing in Lagos on Monday morning while announcing the official release of this year’s WASSCE results.

    According him, “The cases are being investigated and reports of the investigations will be presented to the appropriate Committee of the Council for determination in due course. The Committee’s decisions will be communicated to the affected candidates through their various schools.”

    He added; “81,718 candidates, representing 5.31% have a few of their subjects still being processed due to some errors on the part of the candidates. Efforts are, however, being made to speedily complete the processing to enable all the affected candidates get their results fully processed and released, subsequently.”

  • BREAKING: WAEC releases 2020 SSCE results

    BREAKING: WAEC releases 2020 SSCE results

    The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released results of the 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE).

    WAEC had promised the results would be released on Monday, November 2, 2020.

    The release of the results was postponed due to the violence that trailed the #ENDSARS protests.

    The violence according to the examination body affected it’s operations and offices nationwide.

    Details shortly…

  • WAEC to release 2020 WASSCE results next week

    WAEC to release 2020 WASSCE results next week

    The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has postponed the release of results for the 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) till next week.

    WAEC made this announcement in a statement on its Twitter page on Wednesday, 28 Oct 2020, when it said the examination body had to move the release of the results to a later date due to the curfew imposed in some states following the unrests that were witnessed in the aftermath of the #EndSARS protests.

    It can be recalled that students across the nation sat for the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) between August 17, 2020, and Saturday, September 12, and the council was expected to release the results on October 27 – 45 days after.
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    WAEC in its announcement said the results will be released next week, adding that the specific date would soon be announced.

    WAEC enjoins the public to shun rumours making the rounds in some quarters that the results had been released.

    This development is coming few days after the National Examinations Council (NECO) postponed its Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE) indefinitely, citing the situation of things in the country.

  • WAEC: Student tests positive for COVID-19 in A’ Ibom

    Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom on Monday said that a student writing the ongoing West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) examination in the state had tested positive for COVID-19.

    Emmanuel who made the disclosure in a media chat in Uyo, did not mentioned the name of the student and the school involved.

    The governor said the student had asymptomatic situation, adding that he took normal precautions to avoid spread.

    He however said the state government had begun random testing of students for the virus in secondary schools across the state.

    “We have tested over 100 students and it is only one young man that tested positive for COVID-19 in the state,” the governor said.

    “We did what we ought to do medically; I want to believe that by now, the young man should be okay,” he said.

    The governor said that he had put in place, modalities to ensure that the student did not miss out anything from the class.

    He added that a government team was moving round schools to make sure that the students were safe and writing the examination while adhering to COVID-19 protocols.

    “All of them are in excellent health condition because we have put everything in place to ensure that the students are quite safe,” he said.

    The governor said that he had directed all his Special Assistants to go to schools across the state and monitor the level of compliance to COVID-19 safety measures.

    “I have directed all my Special Assistants to go to all the schools and monitor the level of compliance to the COVID-19 safety protocols and give us first hand reports in case of any emergency.

    “Students observed all COVID-19 protocols before starting their examination. We want to make sure our students are safe even while writing examination,” governor said.

    Emmanuel said that he had provided over 100,000 face masks, sanitisers and all the COVID-19 support to the schools writing the examination across the state.

    “Based on the report I have, I think the students are doing well; it is left for them to reciprocate by giving us excellent WAEC results,” he said.

  • WAEC clears air on alleged leaked WASSCE questions

    WAEC clears air on alleged leaked WASSCE questions

    The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Nigeria has said none of its question papers for the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates 2020 leaked ahead of time.

    Rather, supervisors and candidates take pictures of the questions during the live Examination and share with outsiders to perpetrate examination malpractice.

    A statement signed by the Council’s Ag. Head, Public Affairs Demianus Ojijeogu, for the Head of National Office, Mr. Patrick Areghan, warned members of the public to ignore such papers shared on the social media, while urging supervisors to keep to the rule.

    It reads: “The attention of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Nigeria has been drawn to publications on social and other media alleging the leakage of its question papers in the ongoing WASSCE for School Candidates, 2020. Some have even gone ahead to (mis)quote the Head of National Office of WAEC-Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Areghan, as confirming same. This is far from the truth and we take very strong exception to it.

    “For the avoidance of doubt, and for the benefit of the general public, there has been no leakage of any paper, whatsoever. The Council’s Monitoring/Investigations have revealed that some unscrupulous and unpatriotic Supervisors/Invigilators, and in some cases, candidates, snap the question papers (while the examination is in progress) and forward to their outside collaborators who in turn, provide solutions to the questions which they send to their subscribers via criminally-inclined websites, SMS and WhatsApp, even as this is against our regulation of: USE OF CELL PHONES IN THE EXAMINATION HALL IS NOT ALLOWED. Some culprits who were caught in the act in Bauchi, Nasarawa and Rivers States have been arrested and will be prosecuted.

    “The Council once again wishes to advise candidates, invigilators and supervisors to shun every act of examination malpractice. The Supervisors, who are secondary school teachers, should justify the confidence reposed in them by the various State Ministries of Education that nominated them to supervise the ongoing WASSC examination.

    “The Council also wishes to admonish all news media to guide against sensational and irresponsible journalism.

    “Once more, the Council would like to re-assure its stakeholders and the general public that contrary to the misleading impression, which the publications sought to portray, the integrity of the ongoing WASSCE for School Candidates, 2020 has not been compromised, as none of the question papers has leaked.”

  • WASSCE: WAEC examination timetable is anti-Muslim – MURIC

    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.

    This was made known to newsmen in a press statement on Monday by the Director and Founder of the organization, Prof. Ishaq Akintola.

    The group said: “WAEC has again fixed some of its subjects for the period of the Muslim Friday Jumu‘ah prayer in its examination which begins next week Tuesday 11th August, 2020. These are papers that Muslim candidates are also expected to take. The implications are very serious.

    “WAEC is deliberately creating a wedge between young Muslims and the mosque. WAEC is making it impossible for Muslim youth to worship. The examination body is encroaching upon Allah-given fundamental rights of Muslim candidates to access freedom of religion as guaranteed by Section 38 (i) & (ii) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. At best, the examination body is reducing the chances of good performance among Muslim candidates.

    “A quick glance at the timetable recently released by WAEC shows that there are at least three clashes between examination periods and Muslim prayers on Fridays: Management-in-Living (2pm, Friday 14th August, 2020); Literature-in-English (2pm, Friday 21st August); Health Science (1.30pm, Friday, 4th September).

    “This timetable is exclusive, sectional, parochial, insensitive and provocative. It is an invitation to anarchy. It is designed to cause pain to Muslim candidates. It is therefore the handiwork of sadists and anarchists. It smirks of an anti-Muslim machinery oiled by the passion for hate and injustice.

    “This is in spite of efforts made by us to guard against this kind of clash. It will be recalled that MURIC issued a proactive press statement on Tuesday 23rd June, 2020 under the caption ‘Consider the Friday Question in Your Timetable: MURIC Tells WAEC’. This press release was expected to remind WAEC of the need to avoid the present controversy. But WAEC ignored it.

    “The examination body cannot claim ignorance of this reminder because it was well published by the media (https://iwitness.com.ng/dont-let-your-exam-timetable-clash-with-jummat-service-muric-tells-waec/; https://authenticnewsdaily.com/2020/06/23/muric-to-waec-leave-out-friday-prayer-period-in-your-time-table/; https://www.herald.ng/consider-friday-question-timetable/; https://dailypost.ng/2020/06/23/islamic-group-issues-strong-warning-to-waec-reveal-why-terrorism-has-continued-in-nigeria/).

    “We are perturbed by WAEC’s recalcitrance. The fact that the examination body ignored the above advice shows that it deliberately targets Muslims for persecution. It inflicts unbearable psychological trauma on young Muslim candidates. It is unacceptable. This has to stop.

    “There is also enough evidence that this is not the first time WAEC will fix examinations during the Muslim prayer period on Friday. MURIC’s struggle with WAEC over the Friday question is of great antiquity. Unfortunately WAEC does not appear ready to learn from history.

    “We will cite at least two past clashes and our interface with the examination body. The timetable clashed with Jumu‘ah service in 2015 and MURIC cried out thereby forcing the examination authority to adjust its timetable (https://guardian.ng/features/muslim-students-at-crossroads-over-waec-exams/. Again in 2018 WAEC reenacted the same scenario. MURIC kicked again (https://www.blueprint.ng/muric-criticises-waec-examinations-time-table-2/; https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/262040-muslims-criticise-waec-over-exams-timetable.html; https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/262438-again-muric-asks-waec-to-remove-exams-from-friday-prayer-time.html) and WAEC adjusted its timetable (https://tribuneonlineng.com/waec-readjusts-exam-timetable-to-accommodate-jumat-service/; https://fellowpress.com/education/51694/waec-amends-timetable-as-exam-day-clashes-with-friday-jumaat-prayer/; https://www.thecable.ng/243939-2 WAEC Changes Exam Timetable After Pressure From Muslim Group).

    “It was due to this constant occurrence that we took a proactive step two months ago by cautioning WAEC not to allow its timetable to clash with the Jumu‘ah period this year but the leopard refused to change its skin. Is WAEC deaf? How can a public institution be so insensitive? What have the Muslims done to deserve being treated like blacks in apartheid South Africa?

    “We wonder why it should be so difficult for WAEC to leave out three hours only (from 12 noon to 3 pm) on Fridays in its examination timetable to allow Muslims to worship. Muslim candidates need three hours because the prayer usually starts around 1 pm. They need at least one hour to get to the mosque, one hour for the service inside the mosque and another one hour to return to the examination hall.

    “Muslims everywhere in the world do not joke with the Friday Jumu‘ah prayer. This special weekly prayer has divine and scriptural basis in Qur’an 62:9-11 and any attempt to circumspect it by any means constitutes a challenge to divine authority. Justice also demands that the Muslim prayer period be respected by all, especially by WAEC because the Christian Sunday remains sacrosanct. Perhaps WAEC examinations should be held on Sunday morning if it will not respect the Muslim prayer period.

    “What right does WAEC have to force Muslim candidates to write examination during Friday prayer time when the examination body does not fix its examinations on Sunday to disturb Christian worship? Is WAEC deliberately destabilizing Muslim candidates? How can a Muslim candidate be in the right frame of mind to sit for an examination slated for 2 pm on a Friday when he must be in the mosque from 1 pm to 2.30 pm? What is WAEC’s gameplan? Is WAEC’s timetable planned by double agents?

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    “MURIC calls the attention of the Federal Government and the Ministry of Education to WAEC’s excesses. Muslim candidates should not be blamed if they refuse to write examination under duress. Any examination that infringes upon freedom of religion is ultra vires, unlawful, illegal, illegitimate and unconstitutional. Candidates for such examinations acting alone or in conjunction with their parents have every right to use every lawful means to stop the examination.

    “WAEC is therefore invited to take notice of impending action by Muslim candidates unless it adjusts its timetable to accommodate Muslim Jumu‘ah service during the coming examinations. Muslim candidates must be given three hours every Friday. This is non-negotiable. Nigerian Muslims will liberate themselves from slavery, serfdom and religious apartheid if government is lackadaisical. The only thing MURIC opposes is violence.

    “Our message to WAEC is very clear and simple: ‘We warned you early enough but you decided to dare Nigerian Muslims with your satanic timetable. We are returning it ‘back to sender’. Adjust your timetable and stop provoking Muslims forthwith. Let the Muslims go.”

  • 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 for Education, Folasade Adefisayo.

    She explained that the decision “is to allow for revision classes and adequate preparation ahead of their forthcoming West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).”

    Adefisayo cited the new commencement date the West African Examination Council (WAEC) confirmed for the 2020 WASSCE.

    The examination is scheduled to commence on the August 17, 2020.

    The commissioner stressed that only SS3 and Technical Study Three (TEC3) students are permitted to resume.

    The official enjoined all schools to follow the required public health guidelines and protocols for re-opening.

    She noted that while students in SS3 and TEC 3 will sit for their examinations, the government is considering the option of using first and second term exams performance or continuous assessment to promote students in other exit classes.

    Adefisayo revealed that various meetings have been held with the stakeholders in the education, health and safety sectors to ensure that adequate precautionary measures were put in place before resumption.

    “The Office of Education Quality Assurance will be going round all the schools across the State to monitor the level of safety and protocol compliance expected to be put in place by both private and public schools”, she added.

    On Tuesday, National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) spoke on Federal Government’s decision to reopen schools.