Federal government has ordered school owners to submit their protocols before July 29 as plans are being made to reopen schools. The minister of education is making consultation with other WAEC countries to see if they can reach agreement and tell WAEC to shift exam date to enable Nigeria students partake. Federal government is planning to reopen school before month end. Children writing exams may go first and others follow on a later date. Start organizing and cleaning school environment. All schools must be properly arranged and decontaminated before 29th of July ---FG. National association of Nigeria students (NANS) kick against school closure. According to them, markets are opened, churches and mosques are opened and interstate lockdown is over, so why must school be shutdown as a way of stopping the spread of Corona Virus. In my previous article, I condemned NANS for keeping quiet when schools are closed but with what they are doing now, am happy. It shows ...
The Federal Government on Thursday says final year secondary school students may have to sit for the General Certificate of Education (GCE) in November if there is no shift in the timetable of the West African Examination Council (WAEC). The Minister of State, Education, Mr. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, said this while answering questions at the 52nd joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 in Abuja. Nwajiuba said that government would meet with stakeholders again on July 30, to review the guidelines, provisions and preparations for safe reopening of schools. READ ALSO: TikTok Launches $200 Mn ‘creator Fund’ According to him, sitting for the GCE may become the only option for Nigerian students if the country cannot convince WAEC to shift its examinations as requested for by the Federal Government. “Should Nigeria be able to meet up with the WAEC timetable, there is already a negotiated timeline to move local language subjects such as Ibo, Yoruba and...
UPDATED: Nigerian students won’t write 2020 WAEC – FG By Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja The Federal Ministry of Education has said Nigerian secondary final year students will not be participating in the upcoming West African Examination Council (WAEC) examinations. The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, who disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Wednesday after the seventh weekly virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, also said there is no date for resumption of schools in the country yet. He said he would prefer that Nigerian students lose an academic year than to expose them to dangers, appealing to state governments that had announced reopening of schools to reconsider their decision for the sake of the students’ safety. Speaking on the effect the decision to keep schools closed could have on final year secondary school students, due to write the WAEC, Adamu said Nigeria would not open the schools yet, not even for the WAEC, which is a regionally control programme...
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