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  • BREAKING: NECO releases 2023 common entrance results

    BREAKING: NECO releases 2023 common entrance results

    The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced the release of the results of the 2023 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) into unity colleges.

    Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, David Adejo, while briefing newsmen after receiving the results from the Registrar of the National Examinations Council, Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi, said a total of 72,865 pupils registered for the exams.

    NCEE is for admission into Junior Secondary School (JSS 1) of Federal Unity Colleges and this year’s edition was written on June 3, in Nigeria, as well as Benin Republic and Togo.

    Adejo also said the examination recorded an increase in the number of female students.

    “A total of 72,865 pupils registered compared to 71,738 for 2022 with Lagos State having the highest number with 18,644 and Taraba with the lowest of 102.

    “With 38,801 female registrants against 34,064 males, we are making progress with bridging the gender parity. 69,829 pupils sat for the examination.

    “Also 3,036 pupils were absent; 76 pupils had the highest score of 203 and the lowest score was one mark, and this was scored by six pupils,” he said.

    Adejo commended NECO for ensuring a hitch – free examination saying that this indicated that the examination body was improving in its delivery of its examinations.

    He assured the commitment of the Ministry of Education to ensure that all admissions processes were concluded timely.

    “As you are all aware, our Federal Unity Colleges have become the first port of call for most parents in the country.

    ”Although we are currently facing challenges of infrastructural development, feeding and teacher quality, I want to assure you that the federal government is doing its best to ensure better conditions for effective teaching and learning in our schools,” he said.

  • NECO unveils ‘e-Verify’ portal for online confirmation of results

    NECO unveils ‘e-Verify’ portal for online confirmation of results

    The National Examination Council (NECO) has unveiled ”NECO ‘e-Verify” platform to ease the verification of results, and checkmate manipulation and falsification of results conducted by the council.

    The Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, in his address of welcome at the ceremony on Thursday in Abuja, said all requests for verification or confirmation of results were routed through its headquarters in Minna, which took longer time to process.

    “The ‘NECO e-Verify’ is an Online Result Verification solutions that guarantees instant authentication of academic and basic information about prospective candidates for admission and employment into academic institutions and work places respectively,” he explained.

    Wushishi said due to the growing need for verification and confirmation of results by institutions both at home and abroad, the council decided that now was the best time to introduce the e-Verify platform.

    He explained that from available records, the council has observed that there were requests for verification and confirmation on results from 64 institutions across 37 countries between 2020 and 2022.

    Wushishi further said that similar requests were gotten from 72 institutions in Nigeria within same period, adding that this is besides requests from individuals which are numerous.

    “Result verification is an important process that helps ensure the accuracy of academic credentials.

    “It is an irrefutable fact that academic institutions and employers of labour, among other agencies, rely on verification of results to help them select the best prospective student for admission and employment purposes.

    “By verifying the authenticity of candidates’ result, academic institutions, employers will be more confident in that they are admitting and hiring persons who have the required qualification for further studies and specific job schedules.

    “Some of the benefits of the ‘NECO e-Veify Portal’ include increase confidence, reduce risk and improve efficiency. This system will bring a great deal of relief to millions of our students, educational institutions and other stakeholders,” Wushishi said.

    The Chairperson of the occasion, who is also the Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom, Dr Akon Eyakenyi, expressed happiness being part of the history of NECO e-Verify.

    According her, beyond making things easier for candidates, it will hopefully generate income that threatened the financial base of NECO.

    “NECO and other Examination bodies in Nigeria has done well, but must work towards the full automation of the entire process of examination administration, while our schools and institutions should embrace e-learning.

    “This is a world of possibilities; don’t see the obstacles, see the possibilities. The failures of the modern world would be those who are unable to record change early enough and key into it.

    “Like what we are doing today, this is key into the change that is global. I am sure that the designers of the App are taking notice of activities of hackers with a view to ensuring that the system is impenetrable to intruders
    “The activities of fraudsters who constantly seek to gain unauthorised access are major headache to the modern world,” she stressed.

    The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mr David Adejoh, has commended NECO for the initiative of the e-Verify platform.

    “This activity seat perfectly well with the tenth pillar of ministrial strategic plan which focus on adopting and using optically the information, technoclog and communication to the advancement of education in Nigeria.

    “We have gathered here as prove that NECO in ensuring that its operations align with global best practices with the e-Verify portal.

    “It is going to help all stakeholders to access their results and verify from anywhere in the globe. It is faster and easier than the current tedious process,” Adejoh said.

    In his goodwill message, the acting Executive Secretary of National University Commission (NUC), Mr Chris Maiyaki, congratulated NECO for unvealing the e-Verify Platform.

    “The NUC coordinate the activities of over 264 Universities across the country.
    “We are happy to be associated with NECO to ensure that authentic verification of results of candidates who seek admission into universities.

    “We urge NECO to ensure that the portal stand the test of time and not be subjected to manipulation by hackers,” Maiyaki charged.

    Meanwhile, the IT Expert, Mr Sule Onu, said the Portal has a landing and unlanding pages that has two steps of verification; Bukl and Instant verification.

    According to him, an individual will have to register in the system with name, email address, phone number and password, adding that messages will be sent to the email and phone number.

    “The process would take the individual to a page that he or she would have to pay to obtain a token.”

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event attracted officials from Ministry of Education, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the Military, Commission for Colleges of Education, Nigeria Police and National Assembly, among other relevant stakeholders.

  • Kano governor, Yusuf pays outstanding debt for 55,000 students to write NECO exama

    Kano governor, Yusuf pays outstanding debt for 55,000 students to write NECO exama

    The newly sworn-in Kano State governor, Engr Abba Yusuf has approved the settlement of the National Examination Council’s (NECO) outstanding debts in the state.

    Yusuf made this known on Sunday via his official Twitter handle.

    According to him, the decision was to enable 55,000 students of public schools in the state to sit for the 2023 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, SCCE.

    In 2022, National Examination Council (NECO) vowed to stop students from Kano state from writing the examination over N1.5 billion debt.

    The NECO examination is scheduled to commence on 27th June 2023.

  • NECO postpones National Common Entrance Examination

    NECO postpones National Common Entrance Examination

    The National Examinations Council (NECO) has postponed the 2023 National Common Entrance Examinations (NCEE) to Saturday, 3rd June 2023, citing low registration by applicants as the reason for the postponement.

    The NCEE exam was initially billed to hold nationwide on April 29, 2023.

    The NCEE admits candidates into federal Unity colleges in the country.

    Azeez Sani, NECO’s Head Information and Public Relations Division, said in a terse statement on Wednesday that the examination was rescheduled to give States with low registration the opportunity to register their candidates for the examination.

    He enjoined all candidates, parents, guardians, schools and relevant stakeholders to take note of the new date for the examination while stating that the registration of more candidates will continue till the new date of the examination.

  • Why students perform poorly in NECO exams – SERVICOM

    Why students perform poorly in NECO exams – SERVICOM

    The Compact with all Nigerians (SERVICOM) has identified poor logistics as a major factor responsible for poor performance by students in the National Examinations Council (NECO) across the country.

    Mrs Nnenna Akajemeli, the Chief Service Delivery Officer of SERVICOM, made this known when she presented the Compliance Evaluation (SCE) report to the Registrar and the management of NECO on Tuesday at the agency’s Headquarters in Minna, Niger State.

    The SCE routine report is part of SERVICOM’s mandate to carry out independent surveys on quality of services of MDAs, to ensure citizens-focus service delivery among MDAs.

    The exercise is to identify gaps in service delivery and making recommendations by the SERVICOM to improve customers’ satisfaction and accountability.

    According to Akajemeli, the exercise was conducted in 16 states and Federal Capital Territory out of the 36 states of the federation.

    She said the mystery shopping conducted by the evaluators and the feedback received from the general public revealed that there are websites where students subscribed for NECO examination before the examination takes place.

    The act, the SERVICOM boss said could discourage students from preparing for the examination and thereby, dropping the standards of the examination body.

    She also identified occasional shortage of examination materials such as question papers which she said had affected the smooth administration of examination and could lead to malpractice during the exercise.

    The SERVICOM boss also listed other weaknesses to include poor logistical arrangements as examination papers were either carried by motorcycles or private cars.

    “Some supervisors were seen conveying sensitive materials to different centres using public transport such as motorbikes and tricycles.

    “This exposes them to danger and leads to late arrival of question papers to the centres, ” she said.

    Other areas of weaknesses she said were meagre payments to the examination supervisors, payment for their services not promptly done among others, adding that it could lead them to engage in examination malpractices.

    She, however, urged the council to guard against all the observable challenges to guarantee the credibility of the body.

    “Systems should be put in place by  NECO management to safely convey supervisors and sensitive materials to examination centres.

    “This would reduce the risks associated with usage of motorbikes and tricycles to ensure safety of staff and materials, ” she advised.

    The SERVICOM boss, nevertheless, assured to collaborate with the council in actualising a continuous improvement on the quality of services delivery to the citizens.

    Responding, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, Registrar of NECO, appreciated the SERVICOM management for the assessment reports.

    Represented by Malam Audu Fuka, Director, General Services Development, Wushishi said the council would act on the weaknesses identified by SERVICOM for correction.

    He, however, said the council had procured 70 operational vehicles for the first time to east their works during the examination exercise.

  • NECO releases 2022 SSCE internal results

    NECO releases 2022 SSCE internal results

    The National Examinations Council (NECO), said over 70 per cent of candidates who sat for the 2022 Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE) internal made credit in mathematics and English language.

    The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of NECO, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, said this while announcing the results at its headquarters in Minna on Thursday.

    According to him, the examinations have been adjudged by many stakeholders to be hugely successful in recent years.

    Wushishi said that the results were released exactly 45 days after the examinations were taken.

    The registrar said that certificates for 2022 SSCE (Internal) would be ready three months after the release of results, saying that schools had one month in which to submit complaints (if any).

    He said that the number of candidates that registered for the examination was 1,209,703, with 636,327 males, representing 52.60 per cent and 573,376 females, representing 47.39 per cent.

    The registrar said that 1,198,412, with 630,180 males representing 52.58 per cent and 568,232 females representing 47.41per cent of candidates actually sat for the examinations.

    “The number of candidates with Special Needs is 1,031, with the breakdown as follows: 98 with albinism, 177 with autism, 574 with hearing impairment, and 107 visually impaired.

    “The number of candidates who made Credit and above in English Language is 889,188 representing 74.89 per cent, number of candidates who made Credit and above in Mathematics is 929,140, representing 78.23 per cent.

    “The number of candidates who made five Credits and above including English Language and Mathematics is 727,864, representing 60.74 per cent. When compared to 2021 SSCE (Internal) figures of 878,925 (71.64 per cent) there is a decrease of 10.9 per cent.

    “The number of candidates who made five Credits and above irrespective of English Language and Mathematics is 1,011,457, representing 84.40 per cent. When compared to 2021 SSCE (Internal) figures of 1,153,716 (94.04 per cent), there is a decrease of 9.64 per cent,’’ he said.

    On examination malpractice, Wushishi said that 13,594 candidates were involved in various forms of malpractice in 2022, representing 0.13 per cent.

    He said that 20,003 cases of malpractice were recorded in 2021, representing 1.63 per cent.

    According to him, the council has a long-standing tradition for zero tolerance for malpractice, as this is why the cases of malpractice dropped in 2022, compared to the figure recorded in 2021.

    “Consequent upon the foregoing, four schools were recommended for de-recognition for two years due to their involvement in mass cheating.

    “Also, 29 supervisors were blacklisted for various offences ranging from poor supervision, insult, aiding and abetting during the examinations.’’

    He urged candidates to access their results on NECO website: www.neco gov.ng using their examination registration.

  • N2bn debt: Pay up to continue operations, NECO tells debtor states

    N2bn debt: Pay up to continue operations, NECO tells debtor states

    The National Examinations Council (NECO) says the over N2billion examination fees owed it by some state governments is affecting its smooth operations.

    The Registrar of NECO, Prof Dantani Wushishi, said this in an interview with newsmen on Friday, in Lagos.

    He was in the state to monitor the ongoing 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) organised by the council.

    “We are using this opportunity to appeal with the five states that are yet to remit examination fees of their candidates, spanning from 2012 to date, to help us and do the needful.

    “However, because of the relationship we have with these states, some of them have started responding, while others are yet to make any attempt,” the registrar said.

    He said that NECO was following up, to let them understand that it was essential to keep the council afloat by remitting their monies.

    According to him, the council executes its capital projects and overheads from such funds, as the Federal Government does not give it capital expenditure and overheads.

    “The Federal Government only pays salaries of staff and we have challenges all around our offices across the country, as far as equipment, infrastructure and other things are concerned.

    “So, we are letting these states know the importance of meeting up their financial obligations to the the council, for it to remain afloat, as well as the importance of the payment for students to be able to have their results, with which to progress academically, to be useful to themselves and the nation generally,” he added.

    On the general conduct of this year’s exercise which began nationwide on June 27, Wushishi stated that so far, it had been encouraging.

    He said that it had been devoid of incidents.

    According to him, a total of 1,209,000 candidates are participating in this year’s examination.

    “As you know, it is a process, as soon as the examination is concluded on Aug.12, we prepare for marking.

    “We have action plan for coordination and marking, and that is why we are optimistic we will be releasing the results 45 days after the last paper.

    “We have been going round states across the country to monitor and see things for ourselves.

    “We started from  Lokoja in Kogi, and moved over to Ekiti and then to Akure in Ondo, Osogbo in Osun, Oyo, then to Abeokuta in Ogun and today, Lagos,” he said.

    Wushishi said that the feedbacks he had been getting from principals of various centres concerning the conduct of the examination had been commendable.

    He, however, said that the successes recorded so far in the conduct of the examination did not suggest that there had not been some internal challenges.

    “In conducting examination of such magnitude, there are likelihood of some internal challenges, but they are no longer challenges when they have already been surmounted.

    “Even in the face of the security challenges across the country, we ensured that the exercise, our candidates, examination materials and all those that are involved in the administration of this examination are safe.

    “We are grateful for the level of cooperation we are receiving from security agencies to ensure that the examination is conducted in a hitch-free manner, including where there is the enforcement of the ‘sit at home’ order,” the registrar said.

    On his achievement so far in his first year in office, Wushishi said it had been filled with great innovations in an effort to reposition the council.

    “I am so happy to state that in my first one year in office, I have repositioned NECO in two aspects.

    “The first is that we have succeeded in changing the mindset of our staff toward work ethics.

    “We have also been able to encourage them to feel belonged to the system.

    “They should see and own the system, as well as protect it because nobody will come from anywhere to protect this institution for us.

    “We are the largest indigenous examination body in Africa and by implication, we have to take pride in protecting it.

    “It has been a team work and I must say as a council, the board members, members of staff and management, we have all done well,” he said.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the registrar visited Ilupeju Senior Grammar School and Agbayewa Memorial College, also in Ilupeju, among others for the monitoring.

  • NECO replies MURIC on Eid-el-Kabir day examination

    NECO replies MURIC on Eid-el-Kabir day examination

    The National Examinations Council (NECO) says it has not scheduled any examination for July 9, contrary to insinuations in some quarters that it scheduled examination date on Eid-el-Kabir (Sallah) day.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) had appealed to NECO to postpone any exams scheduled for Saturday, July 9, as it clashed with the first day of eid-el-Adha (Sallah).

    However, in a swift reaction, the council in a statement by the Head Information and Public Relations Division, Mr Azeez Sani on Monda, doused the fears.

    Sani said the council was conscious of the importance of religious festivals and had as such, always made adequate provision for such in fixing examination dates.

    “The council has given a whole examination free week, beginning from July 8, to July 13, in the ongoing Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for school-based candidates.

    “This is to enable Muslim faithful to have enough time to celebrate the festival,” he said.

    Recall that the 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for School based Candidates began on June 27, and will end on Aug.12.

  • NECO extends 2022 registration for internal SSCE

    NECO extends 2022 registration for internal SSCE

    The National Examinations Council (NECO) has extended the registration period of the 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for school based candidates to midnight of Monday, June 20.

    The extension was announced by the Head, Information and Public Relations Division of the council, Mr Azeez Sani and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday.

    Sani said that the registration period was initially scheduled to close on Monday, May 30.

    “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 (SSCE) will commence on June 27 and end on Aug. 12. Candidates are to be examined in 76 subjects during the examination,” he said.

  • NECO reschedules 2022 common entrance examination

    NECO reschedules 2022 common entrance examination

    The National Examinations Council (NECO) has rescheduled the 2022 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) conducted for admission into Federal Unity Colleges from April 23 to May 7.

    Mr Azeez Sani, Head Information and Public Relations Division of the council made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday.

    Sani said that the examination was rescheduled to give states with low registration of candidates the opportunity to register their candidates for the examination.

    ”All candidates, parents, guardians and relevant stakeholders are therefore enjoined to take note of the new date for the examination.

    ”The registration of candidates will continue till the new date of the examination.

    “Candidates, parents and guardians are advised to download the new examination time table from the council’s website: www.neco.gov.ng.”