WAEC Disowns Viral WASSCE Timetable

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has advised Nigerians to disregard the timetable for the 2020 / 2021 Senior Secondary School Examination circulating online.

The Head of Public Affairs , WAEC , Nigeria, Mr Demianus Ojijeogu, told our correspondent on Sunday that the timetable circulating was not from the examination body.

He said, “The timetable in circulation did not emanate from WAEC , Nigeria. Please, disregard.

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Recall that the 2020 WASSCE was initially scheduled to hold between April 6 and June 5 , but was postponed because of the COVID – 19 pandemic.

However, Sani Aliyu, the coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, has disclosed that the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) timetable is not determined by Nigeria.

Aliyu made this known in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday July 1.

According to him, the Federal Government will not want a serious spill-over in the nation’s academic calendar that will affect graduating students.

He also averred that there is need to find a way to safely get these students to do their exams and exit, to avoid such spill-overs.

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Aliyu said; “We have a large number of students that are in their exit year. They need to move on. We have exams that are not specific only to Nigeria but in West Africa, WAEC for instance.

“We need to find a way to safely get these students to do their exams and exit, otherwise we will have a serious spill-over when it comes to education.

“COVID will go away eventually. It may take a year or longer, but what we don’t want is to have such a significant impact on our educational programme where children are unable to move at home where there is no mobility.