PHOTOS: Social distancing, face masks as students sit for WASSCE in Lagos

Social distancing, use of face masks were observed as senior students in Lagos commenced the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) on Monday.

This year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), earlier scheduled for April, was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

But on August 4, the council, in a statement, released the final timetable for this year’s exams.

According to the statement, the exams, which started on August 17, would come to an end on September 12.

“The council hereby urges the candidates to abide by the rules and regulations guiding the conduct of the examination by shunning all acts of malpractice and obeying all COVID-19 protocols that have been put in place at the examination centres,” it added.

Students temperature check, hand-washing hygiene, use of face masks and social distancing were among the guidelines put in place by the federal government to curb the spread of COVID-19.

TheCable visited schools in Lagos to monitor the conduct of the examination.

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