Tag: 2020 WASSCE

Kano: NECO withholds results of over 70,000 candidates

Aminu Imam

No fewer than 70,000 candidates who sat for the October/November 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) in Kano State, are yet to get access to their results due to the alleged failure of the state government to pay their registration fees. Recall that the Kano state government had in August 2020 announced that it has approved the release of N489.25 million to sponsor candidates for the registration of NECO, NBAIS examinations, and in December 2020 it approved N32m for registration of disabled indigent candidates.  The National Examinations Council (NECO),…

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WAEC releases 2020 WASSCE

Aminu Imam

…Withholds over 5,000 results The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), on Monday, announced the release of the results for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates 2020 (second series). Picture caption: WAEC office in Lagos According to the head of the Council in Nigeria, Patrick Areghan, only 39.82 percent made credits in five subjects (including Mathematics and English). “Out of this number, twelve thousand and forty (12,040) i. e. 49.16% were male candidates, while twelve thousand, four hundred and fifty-one (12,451) i.e. 50.84% were female candidates.…

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WASSCE: Osun begs former N-Power teachers to resume

Ishaku Yohanna

Osun State Government on Monday pleaded with former N-Power teachers handling Senior Secondary School Three classes before they were exited from the scheme, to return to schools for revision classes. This was contained in a public service announcement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Special Intervention Programmes, Lukman Bello, on Monday. The State’s Commissioner for Education, Mr Folorunsho Bamisayemi, in the announcement, urged the volunteers to sacrifice for the future of the students that are preparing for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination. The announcement…

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Reps fault Education Minister on cancellation of WASSCE

Ishaku Yohanna

The House of Representatives has disagreed with the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, over the reversal of the Federal Government decision for schools to reopen to enable final students write the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE). The Chairman of the House Committee on Basic Education and Services, Prof. Julius Ihonvbere (APC-Edo), made the committee’s position known in a statement in Abuja. Ihonvbere said that committee was amazed at the announcement by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, where he stated that Nigerian students would not be participating in the 2020…

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