The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has announced an adjustment to the timetable of the 2015 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (September/October) for private candidates to enable Muslim candidates participate in the Eid el Kabir celebrations.
The announcement was made on Thursday by Head of WAEC National Office Mr Charles Eguridu in Abuja at a meeting with education correspondents.
WAEC, he stated, had rescheduled the examination, which was to hold on September 25 to October 10 because of the Sallah festivities.
The new timetable shows that the Government 2 (Essay) and Government 1 (Objective) that were scheduled for 2.00 p.m. and 4.00 p.m. respectively on Friday, September 18 would now hold by 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. for the papers 2 and 1 on the same date.
Furthermore, the Mathematics (2 & 1) earlier scheduled for Friday, September 25, has been postponed to Saturday, October 10, with Paper 2 holding from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon and paper 1 would hold from 3.00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
He said: “Our Muslim brothers expressed concern about the timetable. Some papers were scheduled between 2 pm and 4 pm, and some just before the end of Jumat prayers.
“Our attention has been drawn to this concern and only this afternoon the chairman of WAEC in Nigeria, called my attention and we have decided to effect some amendment to address the concerns of our Muslim brothers.”