2020 WASSCE: ANCOPSS expresses shock at FG’s pronouncement, says WAEC carried all stakeholders along

By Emmanuel Olorunsola

The All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS) have expressed astonishment over Minister of Education, Mr Adamu Adamu’s  announcement  that  SS3 students  would not be participating in the forthcoming West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) being conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC).

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The national president of the association, Mr Anselm Izuagie, said that the association was fully represented at the education stakeholders’ meeting on Tuesday where they all voluntarily agreed that WAEC could go ahead with its pending exam with all safety guidelines and protocols applied.

He added that the sudden twist by the government on the exam was still baffling to them more than 24 hours after the minister’s pronouncement.

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He said both the federal and various state governments had representatives at the said meeting with the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, as the chairman.

He added, “The representatives of WAEC, National Examinations Council (NECO) and the National Board for Technical Education (NABTE) and other critical stakeholders in the sector were also in attendance.

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“We all reviewed and considered the safety of everyone who would be involved in the exam and promised that all hands would be on deck to ensure no lapse is recorded only for the minister to announce the contrary the following day. That is why the news is shocking to us and also confusing.

“But all the same, we ANCOPPS will meet tomorrow with the NUT to review the whole issue and take position and make it public.”