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| GOOD NEWS Concerning WAEC 2020 Examinations |
After months of delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, The West African Examination Council (WAEC) on Tuesday, July 7, 2020 released guidelines for the conduct of the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination according to a report by PUNCH.
Earlier, The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, disclosed that the 2020 WASSCE would hold between August 4 and September 5, 2020.
He made this disclosure on Monday, July 6, during the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19
The Head of the Nigeria National Office of WAEC, Mr Patrick Areghan, appealed to state governments and corporate organisations to assist with funds so as to provide personal protective equipment for officials who would conduct the examination.
He also assured candidates of their safety as the board had taken due cognisance of various measures put in place by the Federal Government to check the spread of the virus.
He also noted that social distancing would be adhered to as candidates would have to sit two metres apart although he admitted that more classrooms would be used and more supervisors would be required
His words; “In conducting the examination, we have taken due cognisance of the various measures/protocols rolled out by the federal and state governments of Nigeria aimed at checking the spread of the pandemic. Schools must provide wash-hand buckets with running water, soaps, hand sanitizers and thermometer hand-gun to check the temperature of all concerned.
“All examination functionaries, including the council’s staff on distribution; supervisors, invigilators, inspectors, candidates and school officials will be required to wear face masks, wash and sanitize their hands daily and throughout the duration of the examination.”
“Let me assure you and the general public that we shall adhere strictly to social/physical distancing in the examination halls by making sure that candidates sit two metres apart. This means that many more classrooms will be used and many more supervisors and invigilators will be required to conduct the examinations.
“This has certainly raised the supervision fee to be paid to supervisors as well as the provision of Personal Protective Equipment to staff, supervisors and other examination officials. No doubt, all these measures have financial implications, which were not contemplated at the time of drawing up the budget for the conduct of the examination.”
Areghan also added that the final international timetable had been sent to all the WAEC zonal and branch offices for onward dispatch to schools, federal and state ministries of education.
With this latest development, graduating students are expected to continue reading their books as there is no much time left to waste.
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