The Katsina State Government is demanding the cancellation of the English language examination recently conducted by the West African Examination Council (WAEC).
“Students had to write the examination at night without light until torch lights, handsets lights, security lights were provided,” lamented Hajiya Zainab Musa-Musawa, the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, during a visit to the WAEC office in Katsina.
The call was made Saturday after the examination commenced several hours behind the time it was scheduled to start during the week.
The position of the state was announced in Katsina by Hajiya Zainab Musa-Musawa, the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, during a visit to the WAEC office in Katsina.
The position is contained in a petition signed by Hajiya Ummukhair Ahmed, the Permanent Secretary of the ministry.
However, WAEC blamed the lateness on heightened efforts to curb examination malpractice, particularly the leakage of question papers.
Musa-Musawa also called on schools, parents and the communities to exercise patience and wait for the outcome of the petition.
NAN
