COVID-19: WAEC, NECO Postponement Indefinite – FG

The federal government has announced that the postponement of the 2020 examinations by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) remains indefinite.

Minister of State for Education,Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba disclosed this in a press briefing.

WAEC had postponed its examinations till further notice, due to the Coronavirus pandemic and the presidential order to shut down schools in the country.

However, Nwajiuba said that there was no time frame for the reopening of schools and for the NECO and WAEC examinations.

She said developments regarding the Coronavirus pandemic would dictate when the examinations would take place.

“As you are aware, we have announced that WAEC and NECO for the year have been postponed. This postponement at the moment is indefinite.

“As soon as we arrive at a definite time, we will recommunicate that. We will also be looking at what we will do in order for schools to reopen. As you will recall, we asked that schools vacate in the late part of March as soon as this broke,” he said.

He urged states to think of ways to educate their students during this lockdown, adding that parents should consider enrolling their wards for online learning or through broadcast.

“Right now, what has happened is that those 14 or 15 states have already commenced learning via different channels that are available in their states, mostly radio and local TV.

“What they are running is an approved NERDC curriculum. That is ongoing at the moment, not all the states have started the programme but mostly Anambra, Lagos, a few states, about 14 of them.

“We are also working with the Ministry of Information through NTA and the Federal Radio Corporation to then escalate what they have as their education content so that they can provide for everybody. They are still working on that, it is ongoing,” he said.