Oyo State Government has announced a shift in the Common Entrance examination dates into its schools of science as well as the placement examination.
This indication was given in a statement made available to journalists in Ibadan on Tuesday.
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in the state, in a statement signed by the Commissioner, Olasunkanmi Olaleye, said the shift was due to a clash of the examination date with the ongoing West African School Certificate Examination.
The Common Entrance examination date shifts from Wednesday, August 19 to Tuesday, September 1.
The statement read that the date of the screening test for placement of pupils in terminal classes in public and private primary schools into Junior Secondary School 1 in Oyo State had been shifted from Thursday August 20 to Saturday, August, 22 also due to clash of the date with another WAEC subject.
It indicated that students in Oyo State were expected to write Economics and Agricultural Science in their year 2020 West African Examination Council on the said dates.
The Commissioner said, “All parents and guidance are advised to note these changes and prepare their wards for the exercise at the stipulated periods with strict compliance with the state’s COVID-19 protocols.”
