Fake WASSCE Syllabus in Circulation

THE WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
Private Mail Bag No. 1022, Yaba, Lagos


FAKE VERSION OF WASSCE REGULATIONS AND SYLLABUSES IN CIRCULATION

The attention of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has been drawn to the existence of a fake version of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) Regulations and Syllabuses, copies of which are being sold to the Public by unscrupulous persons.


Features of the fake Version (which a blue cover and contains 568 pages) are as follows:

1. Listing of expired texts (2006-2010) for Lit-In-English, Arabic and Nigerian Languages;

2. Omission of Syllabuses for all the newly-introduced trade subjects;

3. Wrong examination Scheme and contents for revised syllabuses in several subjects;

4. Out-dated information on the Current Chairman of Council, the Registrar and the locations of the offices of the Council;

5. Wrong validity period spanning 2013 - 2016.


Members of the public who wish to purchase hard copies of the approved WASSCE Regulations and Syllabuses (2014 - 2016) are advised to contact the Council's offices nationwide. Schools can also download the Regulations and Syllabuses from the WAEC e-registration site: www​.waeconline.org.ng


SIGNED : Management
Wednesday January 28th 2015.

Pledge to restore discipline, revitalise learning at FSTC

Says school’s workshops in comatose
A RECENT visit at Federal Science and
Technical College (FSTC) Yaba, Lagos, revealed that the school is undergoing slight infrastructural and human transformation.

If only government and corporate bodies would liaise with the college, the new Director/ Principal, Chris Ugoji, said the culture and excellence, which unity schools are known for, would be restored.

When The Guardian sought the view of Ugoji, who is also a Director at the Federal Ministry of Education, in his Yaba office, he said the school’s infrastructure was in a sorry state when he assumed duty, but for the intervention of Parents Teachers Association (PTA).

Worse among all are the school’s workshops, about 12 of them, which he said, are up to standard compared to those in tertiary institutions but lack electricity to power the machines.

According to Ugoji: “When I assumed duty, I didn’t like what I saw, there was total indiscipline among the students coupled with the issue of inappropriate dressing, such as flying of shirts and wearing of slippers.

All these had been tackled heavily because they are not in the culture of unity schools.
“So, as a team, we agreed it cannot be
business as usual. We decided to inform the PTA of our mission to restore discipline because where there is indiscipline, there would be chaos and where there is chaos, academic activities will suffer.

Secondly, we discovered that some students are not paying school fees, and so we have introduced measures to ensure that students pay fees and every other thing and it’s been successful so far to the glory of God.”

He continued: “We have 12 workshops in FSTC Yaba that can compete favourably with any of the universities in the country.
These workshops are used to service 19 trades, although they are very powerful, but electricity to power them is a
major challenge.

So, we are seeking for assistance/partnership to power these
machines so that the workshops can be used to teach students and also to service the need of the country in technical and vocational education.”

Ugoji further stated that in the area of
infrastructure, the PTA has helped in decking the female hostel and also installing CCTV in the college, which has helped to improve the security so far, adding: “They also assisted with
classroom furniture, water, clinic, among
others.”

However, in spite of these shortfalls, Ugoji
hinted that the students’ academic prowess still gleams. He said: “At the yearly general meeting of
Federal Unity Colleges (FUC) held at Ilorin, the score card of FUC was made available an FSTC Yaba came overall second in the area of NABTEB. We also did exceptionally well in West
African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and National Examination Council (NECO).”

To achieve the objectives of the technical
session of the school, he said: “All we need to do is revive the workshop and power the machines. We already have competent, qualified, seasoned, administrators and members of staff
who can on their own head any school in this country.

We need facilities as we lack adequate infrastructure needed to impart the right skills and knowledge in a science and technical school.”

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