The Federal Government has announced that West African Examinations Council (WAEC) examinations for graduating students will now hold from August 4 till September 5.
Minister of State for Education, Chief Emeka Nwajuiba, said on Monday at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on Coronavirus (COVID-19), that the local timings for the country will be published.
Stating that the conclusion stakeholders meeting on the reopening will hold with the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) and Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) on Tuesday, Nwajiuba advised parents and guardians to ensure their wards are part of the ongoing National Examinations Council (NECO) examinations registration.
He said dates for National Business and Technical Education Board (NABTEB) and NECO exams will be announced soon.
According to Nwajiuba, “from the 4th of August to the 5th of September. Parents please take note. Last week, the PTF chairman announced that school facilities will be available for those who want to go into revision classes. As soon as we conclude WAEC, we will take up the NABTEB and NECO exams.
“The idea is that we have a month from now till then. Those who can and those who are willing, the states who are willing should make their schools available for their children to revise. We’ve done the most we can to talk with our representatives at WAEC and this afternoon, we confirmed dates allotted for the exams will be from the 4th of August through to the 5th of September. Local timings will be published.
“From tomorrow, this is what we are taking into our concluding stakeholder meetings with NCDC, Nigerian Union of Teachers, everybody will be at the stakeholders meeting tomorrow and this date is what we are going to look at. We will be asking that those who are not prepared yet should please go and prepare. We are continuing with registration for NECO. For those who have not concluded registration along those lines, this is the time to update and get your registration done.”
