The federal government has fixed the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for August 4 to September 5.
The minister of state for education, Mr. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, who disclosed this yesterday at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 said the federal government’s representative in WAEC, confirmed the date at a meeting.
“We’ve done the most we can with our representative at WAEC and we have this afternoon (yesterday) confirmed that the dates allotted for the exams will be from the 4th of August through to the 5th of September. Local timings will be published,” he said.
Nwajiuba also said as soon the WAEC examination is concluded, the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) and National Examinations Council (NECO)-conducted examinations would follow.
“Last week, the chairman of the PTF announced that school facilities would be available for those who want to go into revision classes. As soon as we conclude WAEC, we’ll take up the NABTEB and NECO examinations,” he added.
He urged states willing to have the examinations to make their schools available for revision classes.
The minister added that local timing for the WAEC examination will be published soon.
“The idea is we have a month from now till August 4, so the states who are willing should make their schools available for their children to revise,” he said.
He appealed to candidates to prepare for their examinations.
He said registration for the NECO examination would continue.
“We are continuing registration for NECO, for those who have not concluded registration, please try to complete your registration.”
“The idea here is that we have a whole month from now till then. Those who can and those who are willing — the states who are willing — should make their schools available for their children to revise.
