Student's Life
FG postpones WASSCE, NECO indefinitely
The Federal Ministry of Education on Tuesday announced the indefinite postponement of the 2020 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination and the National Examinations Council slated for May and June.
The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, who spoke at the daily Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing in Abuja, noted that 15 states had already commenced electronic learning for pupils on their local television and radio channels.
Nwajiuba said:
“We have announced that WAEC and NECO for the year have been postponed. This postponement is indefinite at the moment. We will also be looking at what we will do for schools to reopen. As you recall, we asked that schools be vacated in the last part of March 2020 as soon as this pandemic broke out.
“We have made provisions available online. The Directorate of Information and Communication Technology in conjunction with the Universal Basic Education Commission, the coordinating agency, will anchor an alliance with State Universal Basic Education Boards in all the states so that they can key into our design.
“About 15 states have already commenced learning via different channels that are available in their states, mostly local TV and radio. All the programmes they are running are approved by the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Commission.”
-
News16 hours ago
Unknown gunmen kidnap four in Abuja community
-
Politics13 hours ago
May Day: Edo LP guber candidate Akpata vows to prioritize welfare
-
News16 hours ago
Adeleke boasts of loan-free tenure 16 months into Osun administration
-
Metro14 hours ago
FG offers free train rides on Port Harcourt-Aba railway
-
News14 hours ago
May Day: Akpabio assures workers of improved welfare
-
News12 hours ago
19 dead as highway collapse in Guandong, China
-
News12 hours ago
Nigerian-trained general appointed Liberia’s top security chief
-
Metro13 hours ago
16 die as overspeeding bus crashes into fence