{"id":403348,"date":"2018-02-22T08:35:05","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T08:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=403348"},"modified":"2018-02-22T08:36:18","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T08:36:18","slug":"waec-commended-for-moving-wassce-from-february-to-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/waec-commended-for-moving-wassce-from-february-to-april\/","title":{"rendered":"WAEC commended for moving WASSCE from February to April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Secretary of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools [CHASS], Felix Essah, has commended the West African Examination Council [WAEC], for changing the schedule of\u00a0the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination [WASSCE], from February to April.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, Felix Essah said the decision will benefit students because it will give teachers enough time to complete the syllabus.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;IHDkcEot2UjGgThHZqVXF8T7b6Xjml9l&#8221;]\u201cWhen the Minister of Education decided that he wants to listen to public concern and bring the examination to the third term, I thought it was a good idea. It is a laudable thing, and I commend the Minister for that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, many school heads have also complained about not having enough time to complete their syllabus, and that the decision of moving the date forward will go a long way to help both teachers and students.<\/p>\n<p>Head of the<a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/20\/waec-moves-wassce-to-april-to-aid-students-preparations\/\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong> West African Examination Council<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, Rev. Samuel Ollennu, on Tuesday announced the change in time for the exams to April 3rd, following months of deliberation with the Ministry of Education and other stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are here to inform you about the forthcoming examination, which this time around is not starting n February, but on April 3. Formerly, we were going to start in February but the government appealed to us not to\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Farida Yusif\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Secretary of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools [CHASS], Felix Essah, has commended the West African Examination Council [WAEC], for changing the schedule of\u00a0the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination [WASSCE], from February to April. 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