Katsina Petitions WAEC, Demands Cancellation Of English Exam Written By Students At Night

The Katsina State Government has requested the cancellation of the English Language Paper 2 of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), which was administered by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Wednesday, May 28.

The state made the call on Saturday, May 31, through its Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Zainab Musa-Musawa.

Musa-Musawa was at the WAEC office in Katsina, the state capital, to deliver a petition containing the state government’s position on the examination. The petition was signed by the Permanent Secretary of the state’s Ministry of Education, Ummukhair Ahmed. 

Last Wednesday, May 28, candidates of the examination across the country were forced to sit for the examination initially scheduled for 12 noon, late at night, due to the late arrival of their question papers.

Many of the students did not return home until midnight after they were forced to wait to write the examination using candles and torch lights from their phones to aid their visibility.

The examination body apologised for the delay hours later, pleading with the students, their parents, and other stakeholders to forgive its wrongdoing. It explained that the delay was part of measures taken to prevent examination malpractice, especially the leakage of question papers.