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WAEC Begins e-Registration in March 2021

 The  West  African  Examinations  Council,  Nigeria,  has  said  that  the  e-registration for  the  2021  West  African  Senior  School  Certificate Examination  for  school candidates  will  begin  from  March  16  to  March  31.  It  said  the offline  registration  started  on  February  15  and  would  end  on  March 15. Head  of  the  Nigeria  National  Office,  WAEC, Mr  Patrick  Areghan,  said  this  at  a briefing  organised  to  announce  the  release of  the results  of  the WASSCE  Private Candidates,  2020.  Due  to  the challenges  in  the education  system, a  lot  of  disruption  has  taken place.  Some schools  are still  running  their  third  term.  They  do  not  have any  SS3. So  because of  this, we had  to  take time  to  allow  things  to  stabilise a  bit.  “Today, (Monday)  we  are  going  to  roll  out  materials;  schools  will  collect.  They will  enrol  candidates.  And  the date of  the  examination  would  be announced later,”  he  said. Areghan  also

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) Gives Recent Updates on the Sale of Forms

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) on Monday announced that it has concluded all plans to commence the sale of 2021/2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) registration forms. The board in its Vol. 2, No. 15 Weekly Bulletin from the Office of the Registrar sent to NAN said official dates for the commencement of the sale of both forms and the conduct of the examinations would be announced not later than March 24. JAMB explained that the delay was a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Unlike the previous years, this year is peculiar because of the series of disruptions to virtually all aspects of public life occasioned by Coronavirus pandemic. “It is with this extant reality in mind that the delay is being experienced, with the board embarking on a series of strategic adjustments to ensure that academic activities are not unduly impacted. The board warned the public against any ongoing sale of forms and registration, adding that it is

CURFEW NOW 10PM TO 6AM IN LAGOS STATE

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  The Lagos State Government has announced a further relaxation of the curfew imposed on the state from 6am to 10 pm with immediate effect. “The curfew will now be from 10 pm till 6 am,” a statement from the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso added. The commissioner said people can now go about their business between 6am and 10pm from Friday (today). He made this known in a statement to give an update on the curfew earlier imposed on the state from 6am to 8pm. The statement read, “The Lagos State Government has announced a further relaxation of the curfew imposed after the breakdown of law and order, following the hijack of the peaceful #EndSARS protests. “The curfew will now be from 10pm till 6am.

LAGOS STATE REOPENS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2

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  The Lagos State Government has approved the re-opening of schools for all classes in public and private schools across the State beginning from Monday, 2nd of November, 2020. The state also stated that boarders in public schools are to resume on Sunday, 1st of the same month. This was contained in a statement by the Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo on Thursday and made available to journalists by the Head, Public Affairs, Ministry of Education, Mr Kayode Abayomi. According to Mrs Adefisayo, 2020 has been an unprecedented year with the recent happenings that have regrettably led to frequent closure of schools with attendant learning disruptions faced by all children. Part of her statement read: “We pray and hope that there will be no more disruptions in the academic calendar. However, the State Government will always regard the safety of pupils/students, parents and all staff as a matter of priority.” She stressed. “We recommend that when schools resume on Monday, t

NECO TO POSTPONE 2020 EXAMINATION INDEFINITELY

The National Examinations Council has postponed the ongoing nationwide Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations indefinitely due to the current security challenges, occasion by the #EndSARS protests. This was contained a statement signed by the Head of Information and Public Relations Division NECO, Azeez Sani, and made available to newsmen in Minna on Sunday. Sani said the #EndSARS protests disrupted the smooth conduct of the examinations in some parts of the country. He said, “The Governing Board of the National Examinations Council at its Special Meeting held on Thursday, 22nd October, 2020 reviewed the on-going 2020 SSCE (internal) nationwide. The Council had in a press release, dated 21st October 2020, informed the general public of rescheduling some papers of the 2020 on-going SSCE. “Arising from that meeting, today (Sunday) the Governing Board resolved that the 2020 SSCE (Internal) be postponed indefinitely in view of the current security challenges, occasioned by the ENDSARS p

WAEC TO RELEASE 2020 SSSCE RESULT NEXT WEEK

  The West African Examinations Council has said the results of the 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination would be released next week. The results were supposed to be out today but the examination body said the postponement was due to the violence and arson in the country which affected some of its offices and some of its operations nationwide. The unrest experienced in the aftermath of the #EndSARS protests against police brutality had forced governments to impose curfew in their respective states. “WASSCE SC 2020 Results Release Date: Dear candidates, the Council had planned to release the results today in fulfilment of our Project 45 but due to the curfew imposed last week, it had to be postponed till next week. “The exact date will be made known soon,” @waecnigeria tweeted on Wednesday. When contacted, the Head of Public Affairs, WAEC Nigeria, Demianus Ojijeogu, confirmed the development.

HAPPY TEACHERS' DAY FROM GOD'S BLESSING INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS.

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