2008 WASSCE begins Tuesday

04-11-08
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THE 2008 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will begin throughout the country next week Tuesday, with 136,936 candidates sitting for the examination.
They are made up of 77,281 males including 16 visually impaired males and 59,655 females comprising five visually impaired female candidates.
A total of 572 schools and 572 supervisors would be in charge of supervision of the examination.
Meanwhile, the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has urged candidates writing the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to comport themselves and observe all the rules governing the examination.
“It is our prayer that all of you will comport yourselves well and observe the rules and regulations governing the conduct of the examination to avoid any act that will put your school into disrepute,” it said.
A statement issued by the National CHASS Secretariat, wished the candidates all the best in the examination.
It said the National CHASS would like to take the opportunity to “wish you all divine wisdom, direction, health and protection during the entire period of the examination”.
It urged the candidates to have faith in God and be assured that they could do all things through Him who strengthened them.
It said the candidates should be confident that once they were well-equipped they would come out with flying colours.
“We wish you a malpractice-free examination and May the Good Lord see you through successfully,” it added.