The West Africa Examination council (WAEC) has finally
bowed to pressure from Muslims and has adjusted its exam
time table so that it does not clash with Muslims prayer time.
Earlier, Muslims had reacted to the time table of the
November examinations for private candidates. Some
subjects were scheduled between 2pm and 4pm and also
during Jumat.

According to Daily trust, the examination body finally
reviewed the time table and made some adjustments.
Mr. Charles Eguridu, the head of the national office said the
adjustments made affects papers scheduled for 25th of the
September which has been declared a public holiday to
celebrate the Eid-il-Labir festival.

He said: “Our attention has been brought to this concern and
we decided to effect some amendment in the ongoing WAEC
timetable to address the concerns of our Muslim brothers.
“All the papers that were supposed to start within 2pm are to
be moved forward.

We are supposed to have exam on the 25th and that day has
been declared Eid Kabir so we have decided to reschedule the
exam meant for that day to 3rd October.”

Eguridu added that the examination body was open to the
yearnings of the people and was committed to doing what is
good for the interest of candidates.

According to Daily Trust, the examination for Friday 18th
(Government), earlier scheduled for 2.00pm has been shifted
to 2.30 – 5.30pm while the one for 25th (Further
Mathematics) was postponed to 10th October with same time
from 9.30am to 4.30pm for paper one and two.


Also for Friday 2nd October (Basic Electricity), the time
is from 2pm 4pm to 3pm – 5pm and for 9th (French) is from
2pm -4.15pm to 3.15pm-5.15pm respectively.

The November examination, popularly referred to as GCE is
considered an alternative to the May/June examination. Most
candidates enroll for the exam possibly after failing to make
all necessary papers during the May examination.

source: Naij.