NECO Shifts Exam Date Nationwide:
The National Examinations Council (NECO) yesterday announced a shift in its Basic Education Certificate Examination from May 8 to May 10, because of the World Economic Forum on Africa (WEFA).The registrar of NECO, Prof Promise Okpala, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview that the examination timetable had to be adjusted because of the closure of public institutions in the FCT which also affected schools.
Okpala said examination materials could not be released in other states while schools in the FCT were closed as this would affect the credibility of the examination.
He said the examination, scheduled to start from Thursday, May 8 and end on May 22, would now begin on May 10 and end on May 24.
The registrar explained that the French Language and Business Studies examinations scheduled to hold on Thursday, May 8 and Friday, May 9 would now hold on Friday, May 23 and Saturday, May 24, respectively.
He said this was to allow for uniformity in the conduct of the examination and safeguard its credibility.
Okpala regretted any inconvenience the shift in the examination might have caused all those concerned and called for support for the council in ensuring a smooth conduct of all its examinations.
According to him, this year’s enrolment for the examination improved with a nationwide enrolment of 110,316 candidates which is a pointer to the fact that education is being taken seriously and is not affected by any challenges the country might be facing.
He said the South West had the highest enrolment for the examination, formerly known as Junior Secondary Certificate Examination (JSCE), with 38,218 candidates adding that
North Central is second with 24,883; North West, 11,802, followed by North East with 9,887.
He said South East had the lowest enrolment figure of 9,553 candidates.
The registrar assured of NECO’s commitment to ensuring smooth and credible conduct of examinations in the country.
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