The Federal Ministry of Education has announced the indefinite postponement of the 2020 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) slated for May and June this year.
Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, the Minister of State for Education, who announced this during the daily Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, noted that 15 states had already commenced electronic learning for pupils on their local television and radio channels.
“We have announced that WAEC and NECO for the year have been postponed. This postponement is indefinite at the moment. We will also be looking at what we will do for schools to reopen. As you recall, we asked that schools be vacated in the last part of March 2020 as soon as this pandemic broke out.
“We have made provisions available online. The Directorate of Information and Communication Technology in conjunction with the Universal Basic Education Commission, the coordinating agency, will anchor an alliance with State Universal Basic Education Boards in all the states so that they can key into our design.
“About 15 states have already commenced learning via different channels that are available in their states, mostly local TV and radio. All the programmes they are running are approved by the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Commission.”
