Tag: WASSCE
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WASSCE: Lagos reopens schools
Lagos State Government has approved the reopening of schools for Senior Secondary School 3 pupils to write the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination. TheNewsGuru recalls that the Federal Government announced during the week that the examination organized by the West African Examinations Council would start from August 17. Giving an update…
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JUST IN: Ogun Govt directs all secondary school teachers to resume Aug. 3
Ogun government has directed all secondary school teachers in the state to resume on Monday, Aug. 3 ahead of the West African Senior Secondary Schools Examination (WASSCE) scheduled for Aug. 17. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Primary and Secondary Education, Mrs Ronke Soyombo, gave this directive in Abeokuta on Friday. Soyombo quoted Gov.…
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WASSCE: If You Can Hold Elections, Students Can Take Exams – OpenFees Tells FG
OpenFees, an Abuja-based non-governmental organisation that caters for the basic education of indigent students has said if politicians can hold elections following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, it should also be possible for final year students to take their exams. The group asked the Federal Government and other stakeholders to “stop the politics and…
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WASSCE: Private schools proprietors speak on suspended exam
The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), has appealed to the Federal Government to reconsider its stand on the suspension of 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSSCE). The National President of the association, Mr Yomi Otubela, made the plea at a virtual news conference on Monday in Lagos. Otubela said that…
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Why Nigerian students should write 2020 WASCE – VC
There will be grave consequences if Nigerian students failed to participate in the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), the Vice-Chancellor, Trinity University, has said. Prof. Charles Ayo, also a former Vice-Chancellor of Covenant University, made this known in an interview with the NAN on Sunday in Ota, Ogun. The Minister of Education,…
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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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Students attack teachers for not allowing them cheat in WASSCE
Final year students of Zabzugu Senior High School in the Zabzugu District, Ghana, have attacked their teachers with stones and other dangerous weapons for not allowing them to cheat in their final year examination. According to Adomonline, the angry students vandalised school properties, smatched doors, television sets, and windows. They said it was their right…
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WASSCE leaked papers: WAEC compiles list of erring supervisors for sanctions
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is compiling a list of supervisors who worked against the ongoing May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), for sanctions by relevant authorities. The council’s Head of Public Affairs Unit, Mr Damianus Ojijeogum, made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos. According to him,…
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2018 WASSCE papers did not leak, says WAEC
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said none of its papers in the ongoing May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) leaked before schedule. Rather, the Council explained that fraudulent supervisors, invigilators and candidates likely sent pictures of questions during live exams to rogue website to treat and send answers to their subscribers.…
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WAEC releases 2018 WASSCE results, withholds 1,021
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Tuesday announced the release of its January/February series of the 2018 West African Senior School Certificate Examination. The council’s Head of National Office, Mr. Olu Adenipekun who announced the release in Lagos, said results of 1,021 candidates were, however, withheld. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the…