The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has canceled Literature-in-English papers for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to Thursday, March 11, 2021.
The canceled papers for WASSCE private candidates 2021-series are Literature-in-English 1 (Objective), Literature-in-English 2 (Prose) and Literature-in-English 3 (Drama and Poetry).
The organization has also rescheduled the affected papers, namely, Literature-in-English 2(Prose), Literature-in- English 1(Objective) and Literature-in-English 3(Drama and Poetry) for Thursday, March 11, between 9.30am and 5.30 pm.
The Head of Public Affairs Department of WAEC Nigeria, Mr Demianus Ojijeogu, made the announcement in a statement, on Friday.
It was gathered that Literature-in-English papers 1, 2, 3 were written on Friday, February 26 but the exam was cancelled on March 1 by WAEC Headquarters, Accrea.
No reason was given for the cancellation of the Literature-in-English written by candidates same day in the five-member countries.
Meanwhile, the examination council has released the payment procedure for WASSCE 2021 for school candidates.
It directed schools to visit its offices in their respective states to complete a remittance form and get approval from the Ministry of Education for the number of candidates to be registered for this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
“The print out collected after payment should be taken to WAEC office for collection of registration PIN, after which they should proceed with the online registration,” the council added.
