- Parents Express Frustration, Besiege Schools
There is outrage over the delay in the commencement of English Papers in the ongoing West Africa Senior School Certificate Examinations (WAEC) in schools across Osun State.
OSUN DEFENDER gathered that the English Paper II exams scheduled for 2 pm this afternoon (Wednesday) started a few minutes past 8 pm in most schools owing to the delay in the arrival of examination materials from Ibadan.
Some parents who have since taken to social media to express concern about the situation lamented that students were still in schools as at 9 pm, writing the exams.
It was also learnt from sources that the development ensued due to an alleged leakage of examination questions before the commencement of the paper, reportedly forcing WAEC to change the questions.
Students who left home in the early hours of the day to sit for their WAEC papers reportedly remained in school till past 7:00 p.m., prompting panic among parents and guardians who said they had not heard from their children since morning.
Parents were also seen heading towards prominent schools such as Ataoja School of Science and Christ African Church Grammar School, Gbodofon, Osogbo, where students were still writing the examination in the night.
The process reportedly caused a prolonged delay, keeping students in examination halls late into the evening.
At Christ African Church Grammar School, security personnel were seen outside the school premises as parents gathered and expressed their concerns over the unusual situation.
A parent who spoke to journalists, visibly distressed, said, “We’ve not seen or heard from our children since they left this morning. We thought something bad had happened. That’s why we came here.”
“We are living at Owode Ede, we were forced to come to Osogbo to know what is going on”, she said
As of the time of filing this report around 9:15 pm, some students are still yet to leave or finish the exam, while some parents have angrily taken some home for security reasons.
Sodiq Yusuf is a trained media practitioner and journalist with considerable years of experience in print, broadcast, and digital journalism. His interests cover a wide range of causes in politics, governance, sports, community development, and good governance.
