School Resumption: South-West states, Ebonyi, Cross River on collision course..

Some South-West states, Ebonyi, Cross River were on crash course with the Federal government.

South-West states arranged for WASSCE, propose Aug 3 for SSS3 resumption

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There were strong signs on Wednesday that some state governments were on an effect course with the Federal Government over their understudies' enthusiasm for the 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination.

Examinations by The PUNCH exhibited that six South-West states, Ebonyi and Cross River states had started preparing to audit their understudies fully expecting the appraisal.

The plan refutes the decision of the Federal Government, which after the Federal Executive Council meeting on July 8, said it had suspended the course of action to survey graduating understudies for WASSCE.

On Monday, there was disorder over the resumption as the Federal Ministry of Education gave rules for the resuscitating of schools, yet fail to show the resumption date.

Before the Federal Government's decision at the July 8 FEC meeting, the National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, at the PTF open meeting on June 29, had expressed, "Understudies in graduating classes – simply graduating classes; Primary 6, JSS 3 and SSS3 – will be allowed to proceed fully expecting appraisals."

Amidst the chaos at the bureaucratic level, some state governments on Wednesday began courses of action for their understudies to sit for WASSCE.

S'West states arranged to allow understudies to sit for WASSCE – DAWN

The Development Agenda for Western Nigeria said the South-West states had suggested their status to allow their understudies to sit for the 2020 WASSCE.

The Director General of DAWN, Seye Oyeleye, in a declaration he gave on Wednesday, said the decision was a bit of the objectives made by the state governments close to the completion of an online social event began on Tuesday by the commission.

The social event was held as a group with the conversation of South-West preparing authorities, uncommon specialists on guidance and the express comprehensive fundamental preparing board administrators.