Days after authorities of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) Monrovia National Office in Monrovia reportedly barred 10 of the 11th grade students of the Booker Washington Institute (BWI) from sitting the 2019 exam, documents obtained by the Daily Observer has linked Margibi County Education Officer (CEO), Andrew Jlay, to the alleged educational malpractices. “That process led to Jlay requesting for the names of the selected 10 students that were on the pilot project,” the concept paper noted. Jlay subsequently communicated that he had earlier spoken with the department of instructions at the Ministry of Education,” adding, hence, the ten competitive selected pilot students along with regular senior students were registered for the 2018, 2019 WASSCE exams. By the end of the junior year, the students would have completed the required course material, warranting regular senior students eligible to sit the WASCCE, and also receive a diploma certifying secondary school completion. He further said that by the end of the 3rd junior year at BWI, students would have covered almost all required high school work before going for internship/job training.

Source: Daily Observer May 02, 2019 02:26 UTC