Tag: NECO
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Covid 19: NECO postpones 2020 common entrance examination
The National Examinations Council (NECO), has postponed the 2020 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE), into Federal Unity Colleges, earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday March 28. Mr Azeez Sani, Head, Information and Public Relations Division of the council, made this known in a statement in Abuja, on Tuesday. Sani said that the decision was in…
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NECO dismisses 19 staff for certificate forgery
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has dismissed 19 of its workers for allegedly forging their certificates. Their dismissal was approved by the council’s Governing Board after perusing the report of a Staff Certificate Verification Committee it set up at its 52nd regular meeting. NECO’s Head of Information and Public Relations Division, Azeez Sani, announced this…
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NECO releases results, says 2019 exams recorded highest malpractices ever
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has said that it recorded its highest cases of malpractice in the 2019 November/December Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) which resulted in a decline in the number of candidates with five Credits and above. The Registrar said that 17,004 cases of malpractice were recorded out of which 5,245 candidates were…
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NECO withholds Niger students’ results over N470m debt
Students in public secondary schools in Niger State are currently unable to access their NECO May/June SSCE results as the examination body has withheld the results of the students due to debts owed by the government. The NECO May/June SSCE results were released on the 27th of August 2019. Students bemoaned their inability to access…
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NECO postpones national common entrance examination, sets April 27 as new date
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has postponed the 2019 National Common Entrance Examination into unity schools to April 27. 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 Thursday. Sani said the examination, which was initially scheduled for April…
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We didn’t see Adeleke in exam hall, NECO supervisors tell court
A Federal High Court in Abuja heard yesterday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in last year’s Osun State governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, did not sit for the National Examination Council (NECO) examinations in 2017. It was at the resumed proceedings of the trial of the Ede-born senator and four others for their…
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NECO, NSCDC collaborate on exam malpractice
The National Examinations Council (NECO) and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence are to collaborate to check examination malpractice during the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE). A statement on Thursday by Mr Azeez Sani, Head, Information and Public Relations Division, said the issue when the Chairman, Governing Board of NECO, Dr Abubakar Saddiq led a…
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JUST IN: NECO releases Nov/DEC 2018 results
The National Examinations Council, (NECO), has released the result of the 2018 November/December Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for external candidates. The Acting Registrar, NECO, Mr Abubakar Gana, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Friday. According to Gana, 59,963 candidates registered for the examination and were examined in about 28 subject areas. He…
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Knocks, kudos over FG’s reduction of JAMB, NECO fees
Mixed reactions have trailed the Federal Government’s review of fees for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), Senior Secondary Certificate Examination(SSCE), and Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Some stakeholders, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday, commended the gesture and urged the government to overhaul the education sector. NAN…