This, it said, was to give the students two weeks to prepare for the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination, organised by the West Africa Examination Council.
WAEC is expected to begin on August 17, 2020.
The decision, which is a rethink of the earlier announcement by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, that Nigerian students might not write this year’s WASSCE, was disclosed during the virtual consultative meeting between the Federal Ministry of Education, Commissioners of Education of the 36 states, the Nigerian Union of Teachers, proprietors of private schools, and Chief Executive Officers of examination bodies.
The Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong, said, “Stakeholders at the meeting agreed that the exit classes should resume immediately after the Sallah break, from the 4th of August, 2020, to enable them prepare for the WAEC examinations scheduled to commence from the 17th of August, 2020.
“The meeting also resolved that a passionate appeal be made to the Federal Government through the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and public spirited Nigerians for assistance to schools across the country to enable them fast-track the preparations of safe reopening, as agreed.”
“Another meeting is to be convened tomorrow between the Federal Ministry of Education and Chief Executives of examination bodies namely, NECO, NABTEB and NBAIS, to harmonise their examination dates, which will be conveyed to stakeholders expeditiously by the Federal Ministry of Education,” he added.
