The National Examinations Council (NECO) has revealed that 1,376,391 candidates have registered for the ongoing 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, (internal) conducted by the examination body.
Prof. Dantani Wushishi, the Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, revealed this on Wednesday after monitoring the examination at some centres in Enugu.
According to a statement signed by the Head of Public Affairs, Azeez Sani, the NECO boss, Prof. Wushishi who expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the examination in the centre, disclosed that reports received from across the nation indicated that the examination is going on smoothly.
He attributed this success to the various measures put in place to ensure a seamless exercise.
According to him, due to some innovations put in place, the menace of examination malpractice is on the decline.
The registrar admonished candidates to work hard in order to have a good grade in the examination, stressing that “there is no shortcut to success”.
“He disclosed that since the commencement of the examination, he had monitored the exercise in Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Abia, Imo, and Anambra States to have first-hand Information on the Conduct of the examination with 1,376,371 registered candidates.”