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<p>Students in the exiting Senior Secondary School classes begin the 2020 <a href="https://www.waecdirect.org/">West Africa Examination</a> (WAEC) on Monday, observations have shown strict compliance to Covid-19 protocols in schools visited in Kano.</p><div class="74zC0AXb" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>The senior students who reported for their final year exams were all seen with their face masks which they must wear, with their temperature taken before permitted into their school premises and must wash their hands before going into their exam halls.</p>
<p><a class="LinkSuggestion__Link-sc-1mdih4x-2 dcwLhi" href="https://nigeriantracker.com/2020/07/13/the-fallacy-of-waec-cancellation-in-nigeria/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Fallacy of WAEC cancellation in Nigeria.</a></p>
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<p>Also, in the exam halls, the social distancing protocol directive by the NCDC is fully enforced, only a student is allowed per seat which allows for space between them.</p>
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<p>Hajiya Amina Usman Umar, Principal Government Girls Secondary School, Maikwatashi, one of the schools visited said, as part of measures adopted by the state government to ensure returning students are not exposed to contracting the Virus, schools in the state were earlier fumigated in addition to hand sanitizers, face masks and infrared temperature thermometers provided.</p>
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<p>According to her, the state government through the Kano State Senior Secondary Schools&#8217; Board has directed strict compliance of all Covid-19 guidelines by the NDC which was observed in the schools visited.</p>
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<p>Efforts to speak to both the Commissioner of Education, Alh. Sanusi Kiru and the Executive Secretary KSSSB was not successful as both government officials were not on seat when this reporter visited their offices for their reactions.</p>
<p>Before, Nigerian Government decided to cancel WAEC but due to intense pressure, it decided to revisit the issue of cancellation.</p>
<p>Public affairs commentators harped on the government’s decision to cancel it but when some Nigerian states, especially in the south-west, threaten to re-open the schools, the government decided to backpedal on the decision and it later announced that on August 4 all schools in Nigeria should re-open for Examinations to hold</p>
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