Education
South West states ready to reopen schools, students to participate in 2020 WASSCE

The six South-West states are set to reopen schools for students to participate in the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination amid the coronavirus pandemic.
This was part of the resolutions reached by the state governments at the end of a virtual meeting initiated on Tuesday by the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria known as DAWN Commission in collaboration with the forum of South-West education commissioners, special advisers on education and the State Universal Basic Education Board chairmen.
The Federal Government had on July 8 reversed its earlier decision authorising schools’ reopening for Junior Secondary School 3 and Senior Secondary School 3 students, who are expected to participate in the Junior Secondary School Certificate and the Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations respectively.
In the statement which was made available to newsmen, on Wednesday, by the Director-General of the Commission, Seye Oyeleye, and read in parts, “The Forum, after careful deliberations, considering peculiarities of each state and options available reached a consensus on the subject matters and are expresses thus: On WAEC examinations; State Commissioners for Education are ready to participate in the 2019/2020 WAEC examinations.
“At the least, August 3rd, resumption for final year SSS3 students, states should approach the Federal Government at the first instance seeking the postponement of the WAEC exam by at least three weeks from proposed resumption.
“At the second instance states should directly approach WAEC to seek for an extension of the WAEC Examinations to week starting from August 24.”
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