On Wednesday night, some secondary school pupils in Taraba State were made to sit for their West African Examination Council, WAEC, exam under unusual circumstances.
As of the time this report was filed, WAEC had not provided any official reason for the delay of the examination, which was originally scheduled to commence at 8 am.
Concerned parents, who had come to check on their children, expressed shock upon learning that the students were still taking the supposed English Language exam late into the night. They criticized the situation as “uncalled for” and demanded a formal apology from the examination body.
They argued that WAEC could have easily postponed the paper rather than put students through such hardship, especially considering they have another subject to write the following day.
The parents emphasized that nothing like this had ever occurred in the state before.
They went on to urge the Federal Government to take action by holding those responsible accountable and to ensure that “such” an incident does not happen again.