Examination hall collapses on WASSCE candidates in Taraba
Dozens of students sitting for the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination at Government Secondary School, Namnai, in Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State narrowly escaped death on Wednesday evening after their classrooms collapsed during a downpour accompanied by a windstorm.
He added that the windstorm not only brought down the school buildings but also destroyed several homes in the community.
In a related development, students in Jalingo, the state capital, were also affected by Wednesday’s heavy rainfall.
Some candidates were forced to remain at their exam centres until after 1am, as the torrential rain made it impossible to return home earlier.
There was also a reported late arrival of WAEC paper for the day, which caused the delay in writing the exams until 8pm when some centres received the paper.
Efforts were made to contact the Commissioner for Basic Education, Dr. Augustina Godwin, but her phone line was not reachable at the time of filing the story.