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WASSCE: Secondary schools in Nigeria to reopen August 4

The Federal Government on Monday directed secondary schools in the country to reopen as from August 4, 2020 for final year classes only.

This, the government said, is to give students two weeks to prepare for the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) due to start on August 17.

The decision was reached at a virtual consultative meeting which had in attendance the Federal Ministry of Education, commissioners of education of the 36 states, the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), the proprietors of private schools, and chief executives of examination bodies, BusinessDay learnt.

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According to a statement by Ben Bem Goong, director, press and public relations, the meeting also resolved that a passionate appeal be made to the Federal Government through the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 and public-spirited Nigerians for assistance to schools across the country to enable them fast-track the preparations for safe reopening as agreed.

Goong announced that another meeting would be convened on Tuesday between the Federal Ministry of Education and chief executives of examination bodies, namely, NECO, NABTEB and NBAIS, to harmonise their examination dates, which would then be conveyed to stakeholders expeditiously by the Federal Ministry of Education.