The Kwahu East District Chief Executive, Hon Isaac Agyapong has sent a message of goodwill to candidates writing the 2020 West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in his jurisdiction.
This came to light when Hon. Isaac Agyapong together with the District Director of Education visited all the Senior High schools and Technical Schools to monitor the ongoing final year SHS students Examination.
The DCE who extended his best wishes to the candidates on Monday when he toured the WASSCE centres in the Kwahu East District also admonished the candidates to continue to adhere to the COVID-19 protocols by washing their hands frequently with soap under running water, using alcohol-based sanitizers, wearing a nose mask at all times as well as ensuring some reasonable distance. He also advised the students against any Examination Malpractice.
” I am here on behalf of the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to wish all of you well in your examination, the nation is solidly behind you… We want you to become shining examples as well as productive in future, we are hopeful you will all pass.” the DCE told the candidates.
Hon Isaac Agyapong also commended the school authorities for ensuring that candidates and invigilators were in strict compliance with the COVID- 19 protocols and urged candidates to mask up at all times even when they leave the school premises.
In all, 3,080 free SHS candidates are taking part in the Examination in the Kwahu-East District.
The West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) which is expected to last for the next five weeks began on July 20, 2020, with Project Work for Visual Arts candidates, while the theory papers started yesterday August 3, 2020.
In all, 60 subjects, made up of four core and 56 elective subjects, are to be written by three hundred and thirteen thousand, eight hundred and thirty-seven (313,837) final year Senior High School(SHS) students, across the country.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Evans Boateng
