WAEC at Night?

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) English language exam started yesterday at 6:15 pm instead of the stipulated time of 9:00 am, and students were returning back home at 9:30 pm and thereabouts. I went to the school with my sister since she was so sick and couldn't go alone. We waited for this paper from 9:00 am till noon, and I had to go back home to attend to other things. I kept calling the school to check on my sister's health and to know if the exam papers had finally arrived, but it was stories upon stories.

I got to know that it was a general issue not only in Lagos State. So what happened? What caused the delay? Why write exams at night with torch lights and with some schools buying fuel and turning on generators for the students to see?

You know, I was thinking that Nigeria's education system would be more structured than this in this era with the advance in technology , but what do we see? MORE CORRUPTION , GREEDINESS, CARELESSNESS, AND MORE...it's irritating!

So the WAEC question leaked, and they had to set another, causing the delay all over the state , so I heard and read. But the question is, who leaked the question papers? If it's not a member of the council , then who? This year is the worst ever leakage I have seen. Sadly , they only noticed the paper for yesterday , but it will interest you to know that all the papers written so far got leaked!!One hour before each paper...just pay a little, join one WhatsApp group, and see all WAEC questions and detailed answers. Students were merging to pay, gaining access ,and creating their own WhatsApp group and circulating the questions and answers. Even an invigilator demanded access to the group so she too could run the business. What a corrupted system. Can it really get better? What manner of lifestyle is this? If not greediness , why should someone expose questions and use them for business? This is heartbreaking. I mean, students will be affected. Imagine seeing that to pass no hard again, they won't read...where are we heading to?

Back to the writing exams at night yesterday. Some students returning home in their uniforms late at night yesterday; it's bothersome, really, in merit ahama voice, lol. If something happens to any of the students, how do the government or exam body plan to be responsible for them? Parents were angry , shouting and expressing concerns over these children. They shouldn't endanger our children because of their mistakes. The WAEC body should be more structured than this please.

I am not expecting 100% from them, but this looseness is too alarming.The Nigerian education system will be looking like a weapon fashioned against somebody in @empressjay's voice, not me...lol. She also confirmed how her cousin, who came to stay with them for this WAEC, never opened her book to read. Do you see that? It's obviously because the answer is readily available for the student.

Corruption everywhere, and yes, the corruption is becoming unbecoming in @hopestylist's voice, not mine, lol. Well, I never expected it to get better, not when our students are becoming more money-minded by the day, she added! That's a fact...even a child of yesterday is already pursuing money; nothing matters much like before. What can I say? I can only hope that we reclaim our education system and make it better even.

If only people can stop relying on EXPO, then we can be producing graduates who can creatively work on making our world a better place and reviving our economy even.

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