The 2020 West African School Certificate Examination is to be taken by over 1.5 million candidates in 19,129 centres nationwide.

The participants comprise 786,421 males and 763,402 females.

The Head of Nigeria National Office of the organisation, PATRICK AREGHAN, made the disclosure in Lagos.

He added that the test, which holds between August 4 and September 5, would run daily from Monday to Saturday.

AREGHAN asserted that the council would adhere strictly to physical distancing in the examination halls by ensuring that candidates sit two metres apart.