He said in this meeting, challenges faced the process of making this milestone will be discussed, with a view to identify possible solutions to them.
He assured that, the solutions identified, will prevent these challenges from showing-up in examinations that will be conducted in the centers, in subsequent years to come.
The Free Education Coordinator said beyond alleviating the constraints pupils used to suffer to sit to public examinations, conducted by WAEC in their country- Sierra Leone, the Ministry desires to harmonize the quality standards of Sierra Leonean schools in the neighboring country.
This, Mr. Sowa said is in line with the vision of the Sierra Leonean Ambassador to Guinea, Amb. Alimamy Bangura to resonate the dream of His Excellency the President- Rt. Brigadier Julius Maada Bio for Human Resource Capital Development to citizens living in Guinea. According to Amb. Bangura when he was appointed to serve as Ambassador, the establishment of an Examination Center for Sierra Leoneans was one of his key priority areas.
Speaking further, the Amb. stressed that he knows the exploitations Sierra Leoneans in Guinea were going through in the hands of School Authorities, to get their children travel all the way to Sierra Leone to sit to public examinations such as the National Primary School Examination, the Basic Education Certificate Examination and the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination, and as a result, he said he is proud that he has been able to relieve his people from that stress.
He thanked the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education for the collaboration which has led to the achievement of the milestone.
He said the manner at which both his embassy officials and that of Ministry’s took seriously the collaboration speaks volume as to how valuable the New Direction Administration takes the delivery of quality education.
A critical player in the Ministry’s team for the establishment of the Examination Center in Guinea is the Chief Education Officer of the Ministry Alhaji Dr. Mohamed Kamara. Speaking to this medium, Dr. Kamara said the establishment of a WAEC center in Guinea is a big plus for Sierra Leone in the sub-region.
He said Sierra Leone is currently trying to do what other countries of the WAEC family are doing. He said Nigeria has been able to conduct examination for Benin and Guinea Bissau, while Ghana is conducting examination for Ivory Coat and Togo
