The National Examinations Council has announced the indefinite postponement of the ongoing nationwide Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations.
The postponement according to the examination body is due to the current security challenges, arising from the #EndSARS protests.
The body also noted that the curfew imposed in many of the states had made it difficult to move examination materials.
A statement signed by the body’s Head of Information and Public Relations Division NECO, Azeez Sani, on Sunday, said the #EndSARS protests disrupted the smooth conduct of the examinations in some parts of the country.
“The Governing Board of the National Examinations Council at its Special Meeting held on Thursday, 22nd October, 2020 reviewed the on-going 2020 SSCE (internal) nationwide. The Council had in a press release, dated 21st October 2020, informed the general public of rescheduling some papers of the 2020 on-going SSCE.
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“Arising from that meeting, today (Sunday) the Governing Board resolved that the 2020 SSCE (Internal) be postponed indefinitely in view of the current security challenges, occasioned by the ENDSARS protests, which disrupted the smooth conduct of the examinations in some parts of the country.
“In making this decision, the Board noted that due to these security challenges, some state governments imposed curfew and closed schools in order to safeguard lives and property.
“In the circumstances, it has become difficult for the council to move examination materials across the country and students in the affected locations were unable to sit for the papers already scheduled in the examination time table.
“When normalcy returns, the Council will continue with the conduct of the examinations in all States.
“While regretting any inconveniences this postponement may cause our esteemed stakeholders, the Council has however taken this decision in order to maintain the integrity and security of its examination procedures for seamless conduct of the Council’s examination,” the statement read.
