{"id":27002,"date":"2020-07-06T17:32:55","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T17:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=27002"},"modified":"2020-07-06T17:32:55","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T17:32:55","slug":"waec-reveals-date-for-2020-wassce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/waec-reveals-date-for-2020-wassce","title":{"rendered":"WAEC reveals date for 2020 WASSCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has revealed that examinations for graduating Senior Secondary School students will now commence on the 4th of August, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>According to Channels TV, the Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajuiba, said tests for graduating students will now hold from August 4 till September 5.<\/p>\n<p>The exam body had during the weekend debunked examination timetable circulating on social media.<\/p>\n<p>It had stated that no timetable had been released for the examination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you can see, it was a timetable we had used for a previous examination. Please, disregard it,\u201d the exam body had said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has revealed that examinations for graduating Senior Secondary School students will now commence on the 4th of August, 2020. According to Channels TV, the Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajuiba, said tests for graduating students will now hold from August 4 till September 5. 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