As far as rumours and questions around the educational
certificate of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) General Muhammadu Buhari don’t stop, the University of
Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), currently known as
Cambridge Assessment, has confirmed that Hausa language was among the
other subjects offered in 1961.
Cambridge Assessment made the revelation in an answer to an email investigation by Naij.com asking the agency to validate the secondary school certificate result, which was released by Government College Katsina.
The agency rejected to reveal the Buhari’s personal achievements, stating that the agency answers only to appeals that come directly from exam applicants.
“We can only confirm or verify results at the direct request of or with the permission of a candidate. This is in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 and section 40 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000,” Cambridge Assessment explained.
In their email, the agency said that “Hausa” was accessible as a subject in their exams in 1961.
It is said in a statement: “The organisation also confirmed that according to the Regulations for 1961, African Language papers, including those for Hausa were set for the West African School Certificate.”
Cambridge Assessment is a not-for-profit organisation. It was the precursor of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) that today gives the General Certificate of Education to students who pass their secondary school certificate exams.
The inquiry was held because of the claims and suggestions by opponents of General Buhari, comprising officials of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party and online critics, that the certificate results published by the APC presidential candidate were fake.
General Buhari was forced to address journalists on Wednesday, January 21st, to debunk rumours which were accusing him of no education.
So APC presidential candidate asked his secondary school to issue his results to the public.
A.A. Adeyinka, a professor of educational foundations at the University of Ilorin and some other persons had claimed that Hausa was not offered as a subject in WASC exams until the 1970s.
Cambridge Assessment made the revelation in an answer to an email investigation by Naij.com asking the agency to validate the secondary school certificate result, which was released by Government College Katsina.
The agency rejected to reveal the Buhari’s personal achievements, stating that the agency answers only to appeals that come directly from exam applicants.
“We can only confirm or verify results at the direct request of or with the permission of a candidate. This is in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 and section 40 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000,” Cambridge Assessment explained.
In their email, the agency said that “Hausa” was accessible as a subject in their exams in 1961.
It is said in a statement: “The organisation also confirmed that according to the Regulations for 1961, African Language papers, including those for Hausa were set for the West African School Certificate.”
Cambridge Assessment is a not-for-profit organisation. It was the precursor of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) that today gives the General Certificate of Education to students who pass their secondary school certificate exams.
The inquiry was held because of the claims and suggestions by opponents of General Buhari, comprising officials of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party and online critics, that the certificate results published by the APC presidential candidate were fake.
General Buhari was forced to address journalists on Wednesday, January 21st, to debunk rumours which were accusing him of no education.
So APC presidential candidate asked his secondary school to issue his results to the public.
A.A. Adeyinka, a professor of educational foundations at the University of Ilorin and some other persons had claimed that Hausa was not offered as a subject in WASC exams until the 1970s.
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