studying will go on regardless of FG’s place on WAEC

By Bisi Oladele, Ibadan

The Oyo State Authorities has revealed that it could preserve college open and permit pupils to proceed studying regardless of Federal Authorities’s announcement that the WASCE examination wouldn’t maintain in Nigeria.

The Commissioner for Schooling, Science and Expertise, Barr Olasunkanmi Olaleye informed The Nation final night time that the Federal Authorities’s choice wouldn’t make Oyo State Authorities rethink its stand on college reopening and studying. He mentioned the state was ready for WAEC’s choice on the event.

Olaleye mentioned the Federal Authorities’s choice may deny Nigerian pupils the chance to take part in a regional examination which might assist them compete wherever on the earth.

He, nevertheless, expressed optimism that the Federal Authorities would dialogue with WAEC on the difficulty and discover a truce.

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His phrases: “The varsity has resumed in Oyo State and we’re observing protocols of COVID-19. We are going to proceed to organize for terminal examinations together with WASCE. Studying will proceed. Examination is an integral a part of schooling. 5 different international locations are taking part in WASCE. Therefore, the certificates has worldwide worth. Refusal to take part means denying our kids the chance to compete with their counterparts everywhere in the world.

“Nevertheless, we consider that dialogue will prevail. We’re ready for WAEC’s place on this matter. We consider that the Federal Authorities and WAEC will dialogue and discover a approach out. Oyo State will preserve the varsity open and studying will go on.”