The Ebonyi State government has approved the commencement of the 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination, popularly referred to as Junior WAEC, across the State from September 21, 2020.
The approval was disclosed by the State Commissioner for Education, Onyebuchi Chima, in his office in Abakaliki on Monday during a meeting with education stakeholders in the State.
Onyebuchi however informed the stakeholders that the State Government has directed that the questions for the examination be written on classroom boards instead of the usual printed question papers by the Ministry.
Customised answer sheets would not be made available also as the principals and proprietors of schools have been directed to collect ordinary foolscap sheets with ink markers and or chalks at their Local Education Authorities for the examination.
According to Chima, every school shall collect only one question paper in each of the subjects for replication manually on class boards for the students, while there would be no room for practicals or alternative to practicals as before.
Part of the resolution reads: “That this years exams shall be written on the board for the students to answer into the provided full scalp sheets which must be signed by the Local Education Authorities before issuance to the school principals.
“The exams shall last only one hour each paper.
“That each student is expected to answer only two questions in all.
“That all questions shall be theory, no objectives.
“That only main papers shall be given, no practical or alternative to practicals
“That students should not be taxed for any practical as the ministry shall be on ground for monitoring of the exams.
“That only Ministry of Education shall monitor private schools.”
