The West African Examinations Council,WAEC, has released the timetable for the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination.
It said in a statement on Tuesday by its spokesperson, Demianus Ojijeogu, that the examination would begin “from August 17, and through September 12, 2020.”
According to the statement: “The council hereby urges the candidates to abide by the rules and regulations guiding the conduct of the examination by shunning all acts of malpractice and obeying all COVID-19 protocols that have been put in place at the examination centres,” it added.
“We have sent the timetable to the schools and candidates also have their copy,” he said
WAEC had earlier said that the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, would begin on August 17; while government also said exit classes in secondary schools would resume August 4.
The Tuesday’s statement which noted that different versions of the examination timetable have been in circulation, “enjoins the general public to disregard them as they did not emanate from it.”
It said: “The West African Examinations Council, Nigeria wishes to inform its stakeholders-schools, parents and candidates that the Final International Timetable for the conduct of WASSCE for School Candidates, 2020 has been released.”
The Council urged the candidates to abide by the rules and regulations guiding the conduct of the examination by shunning all acts of malpractice and obeying all Covid-19 protocols that have been put in place at the examination centres.
According to the examination’s time table obtained from WAEC Nigeria, candidates would sit for Mathematics on August 17 and write English Language papers on August 26.
- Mathematics (Essay) holds between 9:30 a.m and 12:00 noon while Mathematics (Objective) holds from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. both on August 17.
- Language (Essay) holds August 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. while English Language (Objective) holds between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
- Biology practicals hold on August 31 from 09:30 a.m. while Essay and Objective hold August 25 from 09:30 a.m.
- Chemistry practicals hold August 7 and 18 from 09:30 a.m. while Essay and Objective hold September 2 from 02:00 p.m.
- Physics practicals hold August 8 and 20 from 09:30 a.m. while Essay and Objective hold August 28 from 09:30 a.m.
- Economics (Essay and Objective) hold August 19 from 09:30 a.m. while Agricultural Science (Essay and Objective) hold same day from 02:00 p.m.
- History (Essay and Objective) hold August 20 from 02:00 p.m.
- Literature-In-English (Prose, Objective, Drama and Poetry) hold August 21 from 09:30 a.m.
- Principles of Cost Accounting 2 (Essay and Objective) hold August 26 from 02:00 p.m.
- Geography 2 (Essay and Objective) hold August 27 from 09:30 a.m.
- French (Essay and Objective) hold August 29 from 09:30 a.m.
- Further Mathematics (Essay and Objective) hold September 1 from 09:30 a.m.
- Christian Religious Studies (Essay and Objective) and Islamic Studies (Essay and Objective) hold September 2 from 09:30 a.m.
- Government (Essay and Objective) hold September 3 from 09:30 a.m.
- Foods and Nutrition 2 (Essay and Objective) hold September 4 from 09:30 a.m.
- Yoruba/Hausa/Igbo/others (Essay and Objective) hold September 8 from 09:30 a.m.
Secondary school graduating students who live in the five English-speaking countries of Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, and Liberia write the WASSCE.
This year’s examination was postponed indefinitely in April after it was earlier scheduled to commence in May.
