The House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education
and Services has resolved to approach President Muhammadu Buhari and the
Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) on the need to fix a date for the 2020 West
African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
Rep. Julius Ihonvbere (APC-Edo), the Chairman of the
Committee, expressed the resolution at the committee meeting with stakeholders
in the education sector on Thursday in Abuja.
He said there was a need for stakeholders to be on the same
page and to commence diplomatic efforts to get the other countries in the
region on Nigeria’s side concerning the yet-to-be agreed examination date.
Ihonvbere said, “In the interest of the 1.6 million
candidates that registered for the exams, there was a need to agree on a date
for the regional examination as time was running out for the country.”
He explained that Ghana had wanted to have the examination
in June because it is an election year in the country, but shelved it because
of Nigeria.
Areghan added that it took a presidential directive for The
Gambia to shelve its desire to have the examination before now.
“Nigeria should decide if it wants to give its candidates a
COVID-19 exam certificate or a WAEC certificate in concert with the other
countries.
“Getting parents to
pay another set of fees might be difficult if the September date is missed; if
the November option is considered, someone has to pick the bills,” he said.
Julius Ihonvbere had last week questioned the new directive
of the Federal Government on West Africa Examination Council (WAEC).
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