The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the new date for the commencement of 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates.
Recalled that, WASSCE exams was earlier scheduled for May/June this year
According to the Head of Public Affairs of WAEC Office in Nigeria, Demianus Ojijeogu on Friday affirm that the exam will now take place from August 16 to September 30, 2021
He added that the international timetable for the conduct of the examination would be released in due course.
Ojijeogu explained that the new dates announced by the examination body was in line with the current academic calendar and was done in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Education.
He noted the controversy triggered by the address of the Head of National Office, Patrick Areghan, at a press briefing to announce the release of results of the 2021 first series of the WASSCE for private candidates on Tuesday.
The examination body’s spokesman decried that the national office head was wrongly quoted to have said that WACE had postponed the 2021 WASSCE.
Areghan, at the briefing, had said the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic were still very much felt in the education sector, and the academic calendar had been distorted.
According to him, these factors have made it not to be possible to have the examination in May/June as earlier scheduled.
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