•Students writing WAEC exam at night in Taraba State
Candidates of the ongoing West African Examination Council(WAEC) lamented delay in commencement of English Language subject exam Part II and III(objectives and theory).
Findings by our correspondent in Osun State revealed the examination commenced by 7pm and ended by 9pm as against the 4pm scheduled time, reports The Nation.
It was learnt the candidates finished the Part I(Oral English) in the morning and waited for the Part II and III scheduled for 4pm..
However, the examination was delayed until 7pm when officials of WAEC brought papers into schools across the state.
A source in WAEC, who pleaded anonymity, said: “It is true that we delayed the time of commencement of the examination but it was due to leakage of the exam question paper across the state.
“We discovered that the students have seen the question, hence we need to change it. We hurriedly change the paper but it was late, and that is what caused them to start the examination late.”
A teacher Jumoke Adedokun said: “It is a frustrating occurrence today, we never planned that we would stay that late but officials of WAEC insisted that the exam should be held today. We used phone torchlight to illuminate the hall today. There may be mass failure of the subject in Osun State due to this.
“Many parents have been calling us about the whereabouts of their children, we had to explain to them about the change. We started the exam at 7pm and ended by 9pm.”
A patent said: “I don’t think the student can pass the examination because they were practically in the dark doing that exam at a school in Osogbo. There may be a mass failure like JAMB.”
When contacted, Osun Commissioner for Education, Dipo Eluwole said: “I can’t speak to any journalist now until tomorrow, I am in a tight situation over WAEC examination.”
Taraba
The situation was not different in Taraba State as
some pupils also took their West African Examination Council (WAEC) exam in the night.
As of the time of filing the report, no official reason was given by the WAEC as to why it delayed the examination which was scheduled to hold at 8 am.
Parents who came in search of their wards only to be told that they were taking the supposed English Language exam described the act as uncalled for and demanded an apology from the examination body.
They said that WAEC should have postponed the exam instead of subjecting the children to hardship, especially since they would take another subject the next day.
According to them, such had never been experienced in the state.
They appealed to the federal government to punish those responsible for the act and curtail such from repeating itself.
