The Lagos State Government has cancelled the practical
assessment examination, ahead of the conduct of 2020 Basic Education
Certificate Examinations (BECE) for JSS 3 students.
The BECE is scheduled to hold as from Tuesday, October 6th
to Monday October 12th.
A statement signed by the Director, Lagos State Examinations
Board, Supo Gbadegesin, explained that the assessment examination has been
cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Last week, the board announced new dates for the conduct of
the 2020 screening test into Lagos State Model Colleges and Upgraded Junior
Secondary Schools in the State.
While the Board set from September 26th to 30th for the
conduct of the Computer-Based Testing version of the screening, October 3rd was
slated for the paper-pencil testing (PPT) version of the examination in all the
six education districts.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the Board would be unable to
embark on the Practical Assessment of Candidates because of the brevity of time
available to her in the conduct of the 2020 Basic Education Certificate
Examination.
“It is worthy to note
that the Practical Assessment ought to have taken place between March and April
2020 but due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic virus, schools had to be
closed down to prevent the spread of the virus.
“The urgency of the schedule examination would not make the
Practical Assessment feasible.
“All examination papers would be administered in Objective
Format for the year 2020. This is to enable the Board to adapt to the rule of
not keeping students in the examination hall for a long period of time,” part
of the statement read.
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