Kwara State Commissioner for Schooling and Human Capital Growth, Dr. Lawal Olohungbebe, has expressed concern over the delays skilled by college students sitting for the continued West African Senior Faculty Certificates Examination (WASSCE) throughout the state.
He blamed the delays on late arrival of examination supplies.
This was disclosed in an announcement launched by the press secretary of the ministry, Peter Amogbonjaye, in Ilorin.
Olohungbebe voiced his considerations on Wednesday throughout an on-the-spot evaluation of a number of faculties throughout Moro, Ilorin East, Ilorin South and Ilorin West native authorities areas, describing the disruption, which additionally affected the English Language papers, as regrettable.
The commissioner known as on the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to place in place higher logistics and techniques to stop a recurrence of such incidents in future examinations.
Olohungbebe nonetheless counseled college students, lecturers and oldsters for his or her resilience, persistence and self-discipline regardless of the setbacks brought on by the delay, praising their orderly conduct.
He famous that it helped preserve calm and ensured the examinations proceeded as soon as the supplies arrived.
The commissioner reaffirmed the state authorities’s dedication to high quality schooling and its readiness to collaborate with related stakeholders to make sure easy conduct of future examinations.
Colleges visited throughout the tour included Authorities Day Secondary Faculty, Shao (Moro LGA), Military Day Secondary Faculty, Sobi, Authorities Day Secondary Faculty, Karuma and Authorities Day Secondary Faculty, Oja-Gbooro.
Others embrace Al-Mumeen Worldwide Faculty (Ilorin East LGA), Authorities Day Secondary Faculty, Oke-Kere (Ilorin South LGA), Ansarul Islam Secondary Faculty and School of Arabic and Islamic Research Secondary Faculty, Ilorin (Ilorin West LGA).