By Francis Ogbuagu Benin City
The National Business and Technical Education Board (NABTEB) Tuesday disclosed that it’s Senior School Certificate Examination for exiting SS3 students will be conducted strictly in line with COVID-19 rules as set out by Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC)
The Federal Ministry of Education had after series of meetings with heads of examination bodies in Nigeria said the examinations,starting with WAEC will commence on 17 of August, while NABTEB starts on 21 of September and ends October 15,2020.
Speaking to our correspondent via telephone in Benin City,the Public Relation Officer of NABTEB,Uche Olisa, said NABTEB like every other government agency is complying with government directives, stressing that the examination body, will strictly comply with the National Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC) prescribed rules and guidelines for COVID-19 in Nigeria.
According to him,the Federal Ministry of Education had said, schools should open and that NABTEB will commence it’s exams on September 21 immediately after WAEC.“The directives of the Federal Government,is that schools should open for examinations to be conducted,as you are aware that every other institutions in Nigeria follow the guidelines of the government and NCDC and NABTEB is not an exception, immediately after WAEC,NABTEB will commence on September 21 to October 15 for the Senior School Certificate Examinations.You know our own is to conduct exams, we’re are not the owner of schools.
“But NABTEB in conjunction with other stakeholders will make adequate preparation so that the examinations will be conducted adhering strictly to NCDC guidelines ,just the way the Federal Government is working hard to see, that examinations are conducted.”He concluded.
Recall that the Federal Government had suspended academic activities in March,2020 including the conduct of JSS and
SSS examinations in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic.
