The Federal Government has reversed its earlier announcement on schools’ resumption.
It has also said no school will participate in the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations earlier scheduled for August 5th and September 5th.
The examination was postponed indefinitely due to the spread of the coronavirus disease, but Minister of State for Education, Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, had on Monday announced that the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations will take place between August and September.
However, the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, speaking today to State House Correspondents at the end of the meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, said that Nigerian schools would not reopen any time soon until it is safe to do so because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
He therefore said that final year students preparing for the
Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) would not be allowed to return to school, contrary to the earlier announcement.
Adamu stated that the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) cannot determine the resumption date of schools for Nigeria.
He said he would rather have Nigerian students lose an academic year than to expose them to Covid-19 danger.
