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General News of Wednesday, 15 July 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Allow secondary school students write WAEC, Reps urge Buhari

Nigerian Senate Nigerian Senate

The House of Representatives has on Tuesday urged the President, Majo General Muhammadu Buhari (Retd) to allow secondary schools students take part in this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

Recall that the Minister of Education Adamu Adamu, barely two days after (July 6) the Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, announced that WAEC had fixed August 4 to commence this year’s WASSCE, said the government would not allow any unity school to participate in the scheduled exams until schools were considered safe..

The lawmakers made the call during plenary on Tuesday at the lower chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

During the sitting, the lawmakers also implored Buhari to nullify the decision of the Federal Ministry of Education withdrawing the nation from participating in WASSCE and other similar examinations.

The lawmakers believe no good will come out of stopping the students in Nigeria from writing the exams scheduled to hold from August 4 to September 5, 2020.

As such, they called on the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, to immediately implement the health safety measures outlined by the Federal Executive Council for the conduct of the examinations, as well as provide soap, hand sanitisers and all other requirements stipulated by NCDC.

It, therefore, mandate the House Committees on Basic Education, Healthcare Services, Water Resources, and Legislative Compliance, to ensure compliance and report back to the lawmakers within two weeks. [Channels TV]