WASSCE not cancelled, only postponed -WAEC

Opeyemi Adelere
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has dismissed claims that the council has cancelled the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

WAEC’s Head of National Office, Mr. Patrick Areghafor, in a statement, said that the Council’s attention had been drawn to a false publication, claiming 2020 WASSCE had been cancelled. He also stated that the Council was not refunding N22,500 to candidates for cancelling the examination.

“Our attention has been drawn to a fake publication circulating in the social media, to the effect that the West African Examinations Council had Cancelled the conduct of the 2020 WASSCE for school candidates as a result of the coronavirus Pandemic and was, therefore, set to refund the sum of N22,500.00 to candidates who had enrolled for the examination.

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“WAEC, as an examining body in the sub-region, has not announced the cancellation of the examination; it only announced a postponement until normalcy is restored.”

Areghafor further clarified that the Council charges N13,950 for the examination, contrary to the N22,500 reported in the fake publication.

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“The examination fee is N13,950.00 only, not N22,500.00. It is, therefore, not reasonable to refund candidates an amount higher than what they had paid to register for the examination.

“We wish to use this opportunity to reassure all registered candidates, schools and other stakeholders that once the situation returns to normal, the Council will come up with a new International Timetable for the conduct of the examination in the West African sub-region, after due consultations with relevant stakeholders. Candidates are, therefore, advised to disregard the publication and concentrate on studying hard for the examination,” he said.