WAEC releases Timetable as Schools Resume

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Tuesday released the official time table for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) starting August 17 and ending September 12.

The time table’s release coincided with the resumption of schools across the country.

A statement by WAEC’s Head of Public Affairs, Demianus Ojijeogu, warned candidates against using wrong time tables in circulation.

The statement reads: “The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Nigeria wishes to inform its stakeholders-schools, parents and candidate-that the Final International Timetable for the conduct of WASSCE for School Candidates, 2020 has been released.

“The Council notes that several versions of the examination timetable have been in circulation and enjoins the general public to disregard them as they did not emanate from it.

“The examination which has been slated to begin on Monday, August 17, 2020, will end on Saturday, September 12, 2020. The Council hereby urges the candidates to abide by the rules and regulations guiding the conduct of the examination by shunning all acts of malpractice and obeying all Covid-19 protocols that have been put in place at the examination centres.”

Ogun schools comply with COVID-19 protocols as students resume

Private and public secondary schools in Ogun on Tuesday reopened for students in the exit class in compliance with the directive of the state government.

Various schools in the state had resorted to the online method of teaching to ensure that their students continued to learn.

The schools had hand washing buckets and sanitisers at their entrances, corridors and other strategic points in the premises.

Health officials were also on ground at the gates of the schools to take the temperature of students, teachers and visitors before allowing them into the premises.

The students, who wore face masks, also maintained social distancing in the sitting arrangement.

The Principal of Gateway Secondary School at Ita-Iyalode, Adebayo Ojo, in an interview with NAN said the school recorded about 90 per cent attendance on the first day of resumption.

“Out of a total number of 148 students in our SS3 classes, no fewer than 97 of them representing about 90 per cent, resumed for classes today,” he said.

He gave an assurance that adequate safety measures had been provided for the students within the school premises.

“We have extended the classes by making use of the ones in the Junior Secondary School and this has enabled us to limit the number of students in each class to 15 to enable us to observe social distancing of at least two metres.

“If the temperature of any of the students rises above the normal, such student would be taken to the sickbay,” he said.

The Proprietor of Paragon Secondary School at the Oke-Aregba area, Mr Lawrence Holumide, told NAN that the school had arranged regular health talks for the students in addition to other safety measures that were put in place.

olumide, who is the National President of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), added that the school had reduced the number of students in each of the rooms in its hostels from eight to four in observance of social distancing.