By Ahmed Dorcas
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) English Language paper examination slated for 2pm on Wednesday have had parents crying out over late arrival.
According to The Point, the late arrival of the paper has forced WAEC candidates to spend night at their various schools and other centres writing the English Language paper in various states across the country.
However, candidates had waited for the arrival of the paper at their various centres till 7:30pm, but they didn’t see any of the officials of WAEC with the papers.
Parents, guardians and human rights activists have taken to their social media page to vent their anger over the delay.
The troubling situatmade has made many students, especially those whose schools and centres are located at far distances to return to their homes. However, many stay put at their centres waiting for the very important examination.
As at 7:45pm, one of the WAEC candidates in Osogbo whose centre is in Iragbiji had returned home as at 6:40pm after the paper failed to arrive.
But, thirty minutes after she got home, her mother received a call from the school principal asking her to tell her daughter to return to the school because the English Language paper just arrived.
A parent and human rights activist, Lamina Omotoyosi wrote on his Facebook page, “As of now, at several centers in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria, the WAEC English Language Paper 2 examination, which was scheduled to begin at 2:00 PM, has not yet been delivered to the affected locations.”
Others who spoke on the issue explained that the delay was caused because the English Language paper had been leaked to candidates and that the examination body had to set fresh questions, hence, the late night arrival of the paper to various centres.
Some parent in Oyo and Osun States disclosed that the paper arrived at about 7pm, wondering why students should be writing exams in darkness.
Abdulwaris Adewale Olaoye, said, “As at 6:45pm here in Oyo State, some students were still writing English Language in the ongoing West African Examination Council (WAEC). They started late because the body discovered that the questions were leaked. They had to print another set of questions.”
Report gathered also reveals that many centres where the exams are holding did not make provisions for electricity as they thought the paper would have concluded before night falls.
As it appears, many candidates would write the exam in darkness or with aid of torchlight or candles owing to the epileptic power challenge battling the country.
