JSS3, SSS3 resumes Aug 4, WASSCE starts Aug 17
By Sarah Anu-Oluwapo Federal Ministry of Education, has announced resumption of schools for students in terminal classes — JSS3, SSS3 on August 4; saying that students in terminal classes will have two weeks to prepare for the West African Examinations which will commence on August 17, 2020. The ministry said in a statement signed by the Director of Press and Information, Bem Ben Goong, that the decision was the result of a meeting the government had with stakeholders in the education sector yesterday. Stakeholders at the meeting are state commissioners for education, Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, proprietors of private schools and chief executive officers of examination bodies. The statement read: “Secondary schools in the country are to reopen as from August 4, 2020, for exit classes only. “Students will have two weeks within which to prepare for the West African Examinations, WAEC, due to start on August 17, 2020. “These were the unanimous decisions reached today (yes...