The Federal Government yesterday said that the West African Examination Council, WAEC was consulting with different countries on the possibility of shifting this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE).
The Federal Government has also stand its ground that the decision not to reopen schools and not to participate in final examinations for secondary school students remains intact.
Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adams said reopening of schools and allowing academic activities, including writing examinations, to resume was too risky, considering the rising spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic in the country.
But the decision had been received with mixed reactions, mostly a huge outcry from a section of the population, including the National Assembly, and private school owners which had called on President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on the Ministry to rescind its position.
The Minister of State Education, Hon. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, While briefing State House correspondents presided over by President Buhari at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa Abuja, said the position of the Ministry remained as earlier spelt out by Mallam Adamu last week.
However, he pointed out that the Ministry was still consulting with stakeholders in the education sector on the best way to follow, adding that the West African Examination Council (WAEC) had also started consultations with West African states on a possibility of shifting dates.
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