FG announces New updates, gives the dates for Begining of WAEC Exams

- FG has announced new dates for the commencement of WAEC 

- The examinations would now start on August 4 and end on September 5 

- Emeka Nwajiuba, the minister of state for education, revealed this on Monday, July 6 

The Nigerian government has announced that the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) would begin on Tuesday August 4. Channels TV reports that this was Announced on Monday, July 6, in Abuja, by the minister of state for education, Emeka Nwajiuba, at the orientation of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. 

He said the examinations would kick of on August 4 and conclude on Friday September 5. 

He also urged the general public to take note of this timely announcement. 

In his speech he said as we quote

“The idea here is that we have a whole month from now till then, those who can and those who are willing; the states who are willing should make their schools available for their children to revise. “We have done the most we can with our representatives at WAEC and we have, this afternoon, confirmed that the dates allotted for the exams will be from the 4th of August through to the 5th of September."