Breaking – WAEC Clears The Air About Its May /June 2020 Exam

If you are a candidate to the 2020 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (WASSCE), then, you should be interested in this piece of information.

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has said that you should disregard information circulating in some quarters to the effect that the examination has been cancelled.

In the wake of the raging coronavirus pandemic, a number of organisations and institutions have had to reschedule indefinitely or cancel outrightly the already fixed programmes and activities, but WAEC says this is not so with its examination.

In a statement by its Nigerian head, Mr Patrick  Areghan, on Sunday, it said the rumoured cancellation is the handwork of mischief makers and consequently, false and misleading.

“Our attention has been drawn to a fake publication circulating in the social media, to the effect that the WAEC has cancelled the conduct of the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2020, as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic and was therefore, set to refund N22,500 to candidates who had enrolled for the examination.

”The publication is patently false and deceitful.

” It is nothing but the handiwork of mischief makers who are out to defraud innocent and unsuspecting candidates and their parents/guardians.

”This piece of news is certainly not from the WAEC.

It falls short of the council’s style, language and factual details. They got it all wrong.

“To begin with, the fee for the examination is N13,950 only and not N22,500.

”WAEC, as an examining body in the sub-region, has not announced the cancellation of the examination.

”It only announced a postponement until normalcy is restored. WAEC couldn’t have made a mistake in the full meaning of its acronym.

”We wish to use this opportunity to reassure all registered candidates, schools and other stakeholders that once the situation returns to normal, the council will come up with a new International Timetable for the conduct of the examination in the West African sub-region.

”This will take effect after due consultations with relevant stakeholders. Candidates are, therefore, advised to disregard the publication and concentrate on studying hard for the examination,” the WAEC head said.