Full details On 2020 waec

Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will begin on August 17, the federal government has said.

The government also said exit classes in secondary schools will resume August 4.

The spokesperson of the Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Gooong, said this in a press statement made available to PREMIUM TIMES on Monday.

According to Mr Gooong, SS3 students will have two weeks within which to prepare for the WASSCE, conducted by the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC).

PREMIUM TIMES reported how the Nigerian government reversed its earlier announcement on the resumption of schools.

It also said no Nigerian school will participate in the WASSCE earlier scheduled for August 5 to September 5.

The decisions were to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among students who usually gather in large numbers during the yearly examination.

However, Mr Gooong said the reopening of schools is a unanimous decision reached today ( Monday) at a virtual consultative meeting between the Federal Ministry of Education, Commissioners of Education of the 36 states, Nigerian Union of Teachers, (NUT), the proprietors of private schools, and chief executives of the examination bodies.

“Secondary schools in the country are to reopen as from August 4, 2020, for exit classes only. It was agreed that the exit classes should resume immediately after the Sallah break,” he said.