The federal government has announced that the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) examination will hold from August 4th to September 5th.
The Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, made this announcement on Monday at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing in Abuja.
He said the federal government representatives in WAEC confirmed the date that the examination will hold, at a meeting on Monday.
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He also stated that those states that are willing to have the examinations should make their states available for revision classes.
The minister added that local timing will be published while on Tuesday, there will be a stakeholders’ meeting with NCDC and the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) on the examination processes.
This is funny… How can you ask them to resume school today and tomorrow you give them exam papers?
Does this mean there won’t be NECO this year
This announcement is a bit sudden. Are the students ready?