For the West African sub-region, the education sector became the latest casualty of the ravaging Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, with the postponement by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), of its 68th Annual Council Meeting (ACM), scheduled to hold March 23 to 27 in Monrovia, Liberia.
The WAEC Registrar, Mr. Pateh Bah, announced the postponement on Monday.
Bah said: “Under the current unfortunate circumstances, the International Administrative and Finance Committee, at its 176th (Special) Meeting held in Accra on Thursday, March 12, 2020, had to take a difficult decision to suspend the 68th Annual Council Meeting until the global health situation improves.”
WAEC would have announced the best three countries as well as the best three candidates in the West African School Certificate Examinations (WAEC).
WAEC with member countries being Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia, Liberia and Sierra-Leone remains the only colonial institution to have survived the post-independence era in the sub-region.
March 16, each year is usually set aside for the celebration of the birth of WAEC and it is 68 years old today.
