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If Elections Hold, Students Must Write WASSCE – Group
The group in its statement noted that if the country can conduct elections in some states in the country in spite of Coronavirus, students should not be stopped from sitting WASSCE.
The Federal Government has been called on by a non-governmental organisation, OpenFees, to set a date for the 2020 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination.
The group in its statement noted that if the country can conduct elections in some states in the country in spite of Coronavirus, students should not be stopped from sitting WASSCE.
The organisation in a statement released through its Coordinator, Stephanie Ronald, called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government not to play politics with the education of Nigeria students.
The statement was titled, “WASSCE: If You Can Hold Elections, Students Can Take Exams –OpenFees Tells FG”.
The group said, “Science, technology and rigorous enforcement of hygiene and social distancing rules are already making it possible for schools elsewhere to reopen gradually and there is no reason why we can’t use that here.”
“We are particularly concerned that JSS 3 and SS 3 students in public schools, most of who have not had significant learning because of poor access to online resources, would have to wait for another year before taking their final exams.”
“If the government can invest half the time and resources it wants to use to conduct elections, in spite of COVID-19, to provide a safe environment for students, it should be possible for these final-year students to take their exams without too much difficulty.”
The group charged the federal government not to play with the future of youths in the country.
