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Ghana sweeps WASSCE awards

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By Kofoworola Belo-Osagie

The Liberian Minister of Education, Hon Etmonia Tapeh, has thanked Nigeria for its support during the trying period that Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) ravaged the country, leading to the death of about 4,000 Liberians. She spoke at the opening of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the council of the five-member countries of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) in Lagos yesterday. The three Ghanaian candidates who had the best results in the May/June 2014 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) among the five countries were rewarded at the event.

The meeting would have held in Liberia but was moved to the international office of WAEC in Nigeria at Agidingbi, Lagos. Mrs Tapeh said preparations for the meeting had started in ernest after the 62nd meeting hosted by Sierra Leone early last year before the EVD epidemic came knocking. She said its debilitating effect on the economy, healthcare and education sector forced the change of venue to Lagos. The Minister said: “We had begun preparations to host the 63rd meeting of Council; committees had been inaugurated; while all of these efforts were underway the Ebola Virus entered our borders and completely overwhelmed our country. “A state of emergency was declared, schools were closed, and a 9pm to 6am curfew was instituted. All these events adversely affected travel to and from the country, the economy collapsed, businesses shut down, and development projects came to a halt. The government and businesses reduced staff and thousands of our compatriots lost their lives.

“We express our thanks and appreciation to all of your support in the Ebola fight. We are especially grateful to the Government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for its generous donations towards continuing the fight.” “We thank all of you. We owe a debt of gratitude to you all. You proved to be real pan Africanists. We owe a debt of gratitude for your selflessness, advocacy and solidarity to our country during a very difficult period in our history. With the intervention of God, all of those underlying efforts have yielded fruit as our country is gradually moving into recovery.” As part of the event, the council presented the International Excellence Awards to Hasan Mickail (first, with T-score of 682.0933), Kenya Blackyl (second, 680.4287), and Archibald Enninful (third, 676.9348). The examination was written by 2,018,467 candidates from the member countries – with the largest chunk coming from Nigeria. The Ghanaians have dominated the awards since they were introduced in 1985. Between 2008 and 2014 (save for 2010 when there was no award), a Nigerian has only come third once (in 2011).

http://thenationonlineng.net/new/ebola-liberian-minister-thanks-nigeria/

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