WAEC did not cancel 2020 April/May SSCE, says management

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has refuted a social media report claiming that the organisation has cancelled it this year’s April/May West African Senior Secondary School Examination(WASSCE) which has been put on hold due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria and globally, saying the report was totally a falsehood.

It also debunked as untrue the claim by the same social media platform which it did not name that the organisation had set to refund a sum of N22, 500 back to candidates who enrolled for the examination.

The Head of National Office, WAEC, Nigeria, Mr Patrick Areghan, refuted the claims in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday.

According to him, the said publication is a falsehood and deceitful as it is nothing but the handiwork of mischief makers who are out to defraud innocent and unsuspecting candidates and their parents and guardians.

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“So, this piece of news is certainly not from WAEC as it falls short of the council’s style, language and factual details,” he said.

Stating further, Areghan explained that the 2020 school-based WASSCE was originally scheduled to start in Nigeria on April 6 and not April 15, as quoted by the authors of the fake news and that the examination fee is N13,950 only and not N22,500 as also quoted in the report and therefore not in any way reasonable to refund candidates an amount higher than what they had paid to register for the exam.

While re-emphasising that WAEC as an examining body in the sub-region did not cancel but only announced since March 20, the postponement of the exam until normalcy is restored, the HNO reassured all registered candidates, schools and other stakeholders that once the situation returns to normal, the council would come up with a new international timetable for the conduct of the exam.

He, therefore, urged candidates to disregard the said publication and concentrate on their adequate preparation for the examination.

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