Ms. Jalieba of the Catholic-run all-girls school, came first among three best-performing students for the 2020 WASSCE, including Alicia A. Wright, also of St. Theresa Convent High School (TSC) and Lela P. Wapoe of the Light International School System in Monrovia. Monrovia – Seventeen-year-old Andyietta Blessing Jalieba of St. Theresa Convent High School was in total disbelief when news broke that she dux this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), a type of standardized test in West Africa administered for students before completing secondary school. Ms. Jalieba of the Catholic-run all-girls school, came first among three best performing students for the 2020 WASSCE, including Alicia A. Wright, also of St. Theresa Convent High School (TSC) and Lela P. Wapoe of the Light International School System in Monrovia. I believe that I am not the smartest person who sat WASSCE, but it was just by the grace of God. The exams this year in Liberia was postponed due the COVID-19 global pandemic that interrupted school activities in Liberia and other parts of the region.

Source: Front Page Africa November 16, 2020 03:56 UTC