West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) has debunked reports that a leaked mathematics examination question paper has been in circulation on social media.
Senior School Certificate Examination, as announced by WAEC, started today, August 17 with Mathematics subject and is scheduled to end September 7.
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However, a leaked mathematics question paper has allegedly been circulation since Sunday night with screenshots of the purported questions being shared on social media.
One concerned Nigerian on Twitter who spoke up about the alleged questions wrote;
WAEC maths paper scheduled for today has leaked since weekend according to sources. What kind of a country is this for God’s sake? I hope the people responsible will be investigated and punished as appropriate.
WAEC maths paper scheduled for today has leaked since weekend according to sources. See the paper here.
What kind of a country is this for God’s sake??? I hope the people responsible will be investigated and punished as appropriate. pic.twitter.com/5w6bpMQPis
— Olusegun Iselaiye (@iotama22) August 17, 2020
However, WAEC, in its response via its official Twitter handle, said the leaked paper is fake and that only gullible candidates fall prey.
This is fake. Scammers do this every year. Only gullible candidates fall prey. https://t.co/kZrcUVEWKs
— WAEC NIGERIA (@waecnigeria) August 17, 2020
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Other subjects are scheduled to hold on the following days;
English Language (Essay) to hold on August 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. while English Language (Objective) will hold between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
Biology practicals holds on August 31 from 09:30 a.m. while Essay and Objective to hold August 25 from 09:30 a.m.
Chemistry practicals to hold on August 7 and 18 from 09:30 a.m. while Essay and Objective to hold on September 2 from 02:00 p.m.
Physics practicals to hold on August 8 and 20 from 09:30 a.m. while Essay and Objective to hold on August 28 from 09:30 a.m.
Economics (Essay and Objective) to hold on August 19 from 09:30 a.m. while Agricultural Science (Essay and Objective) to hold on same day from 02:00 p.m.
History (Essay and Objective) to hold on August 20 from 02:00 p.m.
Literature-In-English (Prose, Objective, Drama and Poetry) to hold on August 21 from 09:30 a.m.
Principles of Cost Accounting 2 (Essay and Objective) to hold on August 26 from 02:00 p.m.
Geography 2 (Essay and Objective) to hold on August 27 from 09:30 a.m.
French (Essay and Objective) to hold on August 29 from 09:30 a.m.
Further Mathematics (Essay and Objective) to hold on September 1 from 09:30 a.m.
Christian Religious Studies (Essay and Objective) and Islamic Studies (Essay and Objective) to hold on September 2 from 09:30 a.m.
Government (Essay and Objective) to hold on September 3 from 09:30 a.m.
Foods and Nutrition 2 (Essay and Objective) to hold on September 4 from 09:30 a.m.
Yoruba/Hausa/Igbo/others (Essay and Objective) to hold on September 8 from 09:30 a.m.
