Tag Archives: WAEC

For the first time in six years, secondary schools in Chibok, Borno state, have participated in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WAEC). Abdul-Khalifa Ibrahim, acting general officer commanding (GOC), 7 division, Nigerian army, disclosed this while receiving members of the Education in Emergency Working Group (EiEWG) Nigeria, on Thursday in Maiduguri, the Borno capital. Schools in Chibok were …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says some mischievous supervisors are responsible for the snapshots of examination question papers found on WhatsApp groups. Patrick Areghan, head of WAEC, Nigeria, disclosed this on Wednesday when the council went on a monitoring visit to Federal Government Boys College, Apo, Abuja. On August 17, WAEC had debunked reports that the 2020 WASSCE mathematics …

The House of Representatives has called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to order a partial reopening of schools to allow pupils sit the 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination. The House called on Buhari to overrule the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, and allow pupils to sit the examination. The House made the call at …

A contradicting situation occurred over the week as the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, proclaimed that students nationwide would not be allowed to sit for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination slated for August 4, 2020. Last week Monday, the Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, had announced that the 2020 WASSCE conducted by WAEC would run from …