Tag: NECO

NECO Releases 2022 SSCE Examination Results

30Sep

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

NECO Releases 2022 SSCE Examination Results

The National Examination Council (NECO) announced on Thursday, the release of the 2022 Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) results. NECO Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi made the announcement at the NECO Headquarters in Minna. See Also: How NECO Registrar Died – Exam Body Clarifies It was also revealed that 29 supervisors had been blacklisted for committing various malpractice offenses during the concluded examination. Prof. Wushishi said 60.74% of students, which is around 727,894 made five credits and above, including Mathematics and English Language. This means a decrease of 10.9% compared to 2021 performance while noting that out of 1,209,703 registered candidates, only 1,198,417 sat for the examination. The Re...

JUST IN: NECO Extends 2022 Registrations To June 20

30May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

JUST IN: NECO Extends 2022 Registrations To June 20

The National Examinations Council on Sunday announced that it has “extended the Registration period of the 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination for school-based candidates to midnight of Monday 20th June 2022”. The examination agency made this known in a statement made available to The PUNCH in the early hours of Monday. Recall that the registration period was initially scheduled to close on Monday 30th May 2022. Read Also: NECO Releases 2021 Examination Results “State Ministries of Education, Principals, Commandants, and all stakeholders are enjoined to note that there would be no further extension after that. “The 2022 NECO Senior School Certificate Examination will commence on 27th June 2022, and end on Friday 12th August 2022. “Candidates are to b...

1Jun

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Life, News, Nigeria

BREAKING: NECO Registrar is Dead

The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer National Examinations Council (NECO) Professor Godswill Obioma is dead. He died last night in Minna, Niger state. Obioma was appointed as the Registrar of NECO on the 22nd of May 2020 Details shortly…

13Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Education, Nigeria, Youths

BREAKING: NECO Releases SSCE Results

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the internal Senior Secondary School Examination (SSCE) results with a two per cent increase of candidates who made five credits and above in all subjects. The Council also derecognised 12 schools for their involvement in mass cheating and whole school cases of malpractice. The Registrar, Professor Godswill Obioma, announced these at the NECO Headquarters in Minna. He said the schools derecignised include four schools in Adamawa, two in kaduna, two in Kastina, Two in Niger, one in Taraba and one in FCT. He said that 24 supervisors were blacklisted for various offences ranging from poor supervision, aiding and abetting, connivance with non candidates to write answers on chalkboards. Details shortly…

#ENDSARS: NECO Postpones SSCE Exams Indefinitely over Protests

25Oct

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security

#ENDSARS: NECO Postpones SSCE Exams Indefinitely over Protests

The National Examination Council (NECO) has announced the postponement of the ongoing Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination indefinitely. Head, Information and Public Relations Division, NECO, Azeez Sani, announced the development in a statement released on Sunday. “In making this decision, the board noted that due to these security challenges: a. Some state governments imposed curfew and closed schools in order to safeguard lives and property; b. In the circumstances, it has become difficult for the Council to move examination materials across the country; c. Students in the affected locations were unable to sit for the papers already scheduled in the examination time table. “The Governing Board further resolved, that when normalcy returns, the Council will con...

NECO Reschedules Exam Due to #EndSARS Blockade

19Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

NECO Reschedules Exam Due to #EndSARS Blockade

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced postponement of the Paper 1 Computer Studies Practical scheduled to take play on today due to blockade occasioned by the persistent #EndSARS protest. The examination body said the paper has now be rescheduled to take place on November 16. This was disclosed in a statement by Head of Information and Public Relations Division of NECO, Azeez Sani on Sunday. The statement read, “This unforeseen incident has been caused by the ENDSARS protest that blocked the free movement of transport at the City entrance gate Benin. The NECO delivery truck had left its take-off point well in advance on Friday, October 16 2020, earlier to deliver examination materials to some states and has been held up in the blockage since then,” the statement r...