The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Monday released the results of school candidates, who sat the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE).
Speaking at a briefing on Monday, WAEC’s Head of National Office, Patrick Areghan, noted that the results were released 45 days after the last paper.
Heartwarming as the news is, some stakeholders have expressed mixed feelings over the sorry state of education in the country and particularly, under this government as they claim that these graduands face bleak future as their predecessors are still waiting for the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off their strike before perfecting their admission processes.
More worrisome, according to them, are conflicting messages on the strike from the Presidency.
For instance, while the junior minister for Labour, Festus Keyamo said government cannot go and borrow over one trillion naira only for education sector and ASUU alone and that parents should beg ASUU, as the the prolonged strike is unnecessary, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu said the presidency was shocked that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) extended the prolonged strike embarked on since February 14th.
While condemning Keyamo for alleged display of arrogance and insensitivity to the plight of parents and future of youth, stakeholders said the two commentaries smark of government in confusion and lacking coordination.
“it’s a shame that while an aide acknowledged extension of the strike and arrogantly said government will not bulge, another claimed ignorance of the extension and at the same time advised parents to beg ASUU.
“What has government put on ground before it is urging parents to beg ASUU? It’s unfortunate where we, as a country, has found ourselves,“ says an educationist.
However, Areghan disclosed that the examination held for six weeks from May 16 to June 23, 2022 before it was released.
But privileged Nigerians, particularly, elected and appointed government officials continue to either patronize the private universities or sending their children abroad to either continue their studies or start after graduating from secondary schools in Nigeria, while the impoverished Nigerians, ocassioned by, again, government’s unfriendly monetary and fiscal policies continue to wait for ASUU to call off the strike.
But privileged Nigerians, particularly, elected and appointed government officials continue to either patronize the private universities or sending their children abroad to either continue their studies or start after graduating from secondary schools in Nigeria, while the impoverished Nigerians, ocassioned by, again, government’s unfriendly monetary and fiscal policies continue to wait for ASUU to call off the strike.
For instance, Shehu made the statement at the sideline of the 11th Graduation Ceremony of Glisten International Academy, in Abuja on Saturday.
Shehu’s son was part of the graduating students of the school.