The proprietor of Comprehensive Academy, Honourable Wale Bello has said that the two weeks given to SS3 students to prepare for West Africa Examination Council by governor Dapo Abiodun is not enough.
He however called on the government to further liaise with West Africa Examination Council, WAEC, to shift the date so that the students can cover necessary topics.
Wale Bello disclosed this on Tuesday When he received journalists in his school for inspection.
He maintained that the short time given to schools to prepare students for WAEC will have negative effects on their performance.
The proprietor said, ”Psychologically, we have to take their mind from the society. Some of them have been hawking.
How do we take their minds away? It has to take at least three to four days. So we have a lot of work to do.”
Wale Bello pushed further saying “I am not calling for postponement of the examination but I am calling for extension of that two weeks, possibly by another week. That will go a long way. That one week extra will go a long way in assisting not only the students but also the schools.”
“The two-week is not okay for the students. I want to call on the government to shift the examination.”
The school boss further reiterated that before the covid-19 pandemic lockdown, the school had prepared the students for the examination but the outbreak of the pandemic halted the whole process making it difficult to access the readiness of each student for the examination.
His word: “Before the outbreak of the pandemic, we had already prepared the students for the examination very well. But unfortunately, the pandemic has made us to suspend everything.”
“For some times, we had online teaching but online teaching is not reliable because we didn’t know what the students we were taking online were doing exactly. Some of them were receiving lecture when they were on Okada. Some of them were receiving while going on the road. We couldn’t say actually what they were doing.”
“So when the government asked us to resume, we were glad, we were happy. Immediately, we put in necessary machinery in place.
On the first day, we prepared the ground. We have provided isolation centers which can accommodate six students at a time.
We don’t pray to have any positive tested student but such arrangement has to be on ground.
So, we have provided medical personnel of the school with necessary equipment.
One of the students, Miss Oguntoyinbo Ayomide said despite the joy of resumption, she has forgotten almost all that she was taught before the covid-19 pandemic.
“The academics, It’s really too much for me. I have forgotten a lot of thing. But with the help of our teachers, we are going to put in our best.”
“However, the time given us is not enough to cover up every topics. However, we are calling on the government to help us shift the date,” she said
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