The Federal Government has reversed its earlier announcement on school resumption.
It has also said no school will participate in the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations earlier scheduled for August 4 and September 5.
This year’s examination, administered by the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, was postponed indefinitely in April after it was earlier scheduled to commence in May.
It was postponed after schools were shutdown across the country in a bid to contain the spread of the Coronavirus disease.
However, Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, announced during the national briefing of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 on Monday that the examination will now take place between August 4 and September 5.
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, speaking to State House Correspondents at the end of the Virtual Weekly Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari, said that Nigerian schools will not reopen any time soon until it is safe to do so because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
He has, therefore, said that final year students preparing for the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, SSCE, will not be allowed to return to school contrary to an earlier announcement.
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Adamu stated that the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, cannot determine the resumption date of schools for Nigeria.
He said he would prefer that Nigerian students lose an academic year than to expose them to dangers.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
