Divergent Views Greet Reopening Of Schools For Exit Classes

Mixed reactions have begun to trail the Federal Government’s decision to reopen secondary schools for exit classes on August 4th 2020.

The Federal Ministry of Education on Monday announced that students will have two weeks to prepare for the West African Examination, WAEC, which will start on 17th of August.

Nigerians have taken to the micro-blogging, Twitter, to express their view on the move.

Some slammed the Government for delaying the school reopening and giving students a short time to prepare for the examination.

“Hmmm…don’t you think we are going to record high failure rates if students sit for WASSCE…its going to be tough on the candidates this year…4th of August” -@boika_nduka

But Former Vice President of Nigeria, Mr Atiku Abubakar commended the education ministry for announcing the reopening of schools, saying students should have prepared thoroughly during the lockdown.

He wrote: “The announcement by the FMoE that the WAEC exam will hold in August is commendable. Learning must go on, especially for exit stage students. I do hope, however, that students writing the exams are well prepared through home study during the lockdown. I wish them the very best”.

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However other Nigerians described the news as a good one, hoping for when tertiary institutions will resume.

See some tweets:

“The third fourth arm of government (social media) won again. Nipost reg levy for courier companies suspended. And Secondary schools exit classes to resume on 4th of August. All this after outrage on social media. Congratulations.” -@Shehusky

“A plea to Buhari. Whenever you want to announce resumption date for University students, please give us 2 weeks to A month Notice. How will school open 4th of August(next week) and you’re announcing now. WAEC dey there o”. -@Ibn_bhadmus

“Same WAEC they’ll prepare for within 2 weeks starting from 4th of August, Oyo State students have been preparing for it for the past 4 weeks due to their Governor foresight. Maybe Seyi Makinde is working with WAEC”. -@litmusorange