The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has expressed appreciation to the Nigerian labour union for not disrupting its ongoing Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) on Monday.
There was uncertainty as of Sunday night whether the unions would prevent their members in affiliated bodies, who are principals and teachers serving as exam supervisors and invigilators, from performing the roles for students who had been scheduled to write some papers for the day, including Computer and Physics Practical.
Contrary to that, the exam was said to have gone smoothly as scheduled across the country. Over 1.7 million candidates in Nigeria alone are sitting for the exam, which will end generally next week.
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The spokesperson of WAEC Nigeria, Mrs. Moyosola Adesina, who gave the remark in a chat with the Nigerian Tribune on Monday evening, said the labour unions really showed that they understood the negative implications if Nigerian candidates are prevented from sitting for their papers as scheduled with their peers in other WAEC member countries.
According to her, any disruption in the exam schedules will have ripple effects such as Nigerian students missing out, lengthening of exam time, waiting time for the results to be released, psychological implications, and high financial and logistics burdens, among many more.
“So, we give it to the labor union movement for their understanding on the subject, and we’re happy about it as an organisation,” she stressed.
Meanwhile, the exam will continue on Tuesday with candidates writing Economics and French, among other papers.
