WAEC 2020: Bauchi Govt Receives List Of 200 Candidate Excluded From List
Bauchi State Commissioner for Education, Dr Aliyu Tilde, on Thursday, disclosed that over 200 students in public schools had their names expunged and substituted with ineligible candidates writing this year’s West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The commissioner made the disclosure in a statement made available to journalists in Bauchi, adding that some of the victims committed errors, ranging from biometric to spelling, while registering for the West African Examination Council (WAEC) organised examination. According to him, the list was received by his ministry from schools, adding that the affected students are from 30 centres out of the 170 across the state. The commissioner stated that the state government is scrutinising the list with a view to getting the exact number of students affected. He noted that the number of affected students may likely be more than the one submitted to the state government by schools. “We have already confirmed the p...