Final year students at secondary schools in Nigeria will resume classes next week ahead of their examinations, the government has announced.

The Ministry of Education said the students would report back on 4 August and sit for the West Africa Examinations from 17 August.

The West Africa Examinations are school completion tests done by students from five English-speaking countries – Ghana, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Nigeria and Liberia.

Final year students in Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia and The Gambia have already been at school preparing for the exams.