The Federal Ministry of Education has, Wednesday, stopped the upcoming West African Examination Council (WAEC) examinations for this year in its efforts to contains the spread of the COVID-19 among Nigerian students.
The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, disclosed this after the seventh weekly virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, also said there is no date for resumption of schools in the country yet.
Adamu said it was better Nigerian students lose an academic year than get exposed to dangers.
He, therefore, appealed to state governments that had announced reopening of schools to reconsider their decisions for the sake of the students’ safety.
