•WAEC candidates The pronouncement by the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, that the conduct of the Senior Secondary School Examinations by the West African Examinations Council, WAEC and the National Examinations Council, NECO, will now be computer-based as from next year, may have to be reviewed, going by opinions by critical stakehold...
•Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa The federal government has reaffirmed its commitment to ending examination malpractice in Nigeria’s education sector, saying that it would go ahead with the transition to Computer-Based Testing (CBT) for the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) by 2026. The M...
The National Examination Council (NECO) has announced the release of the 2024 Senior Secondary School Certificate External Examination results. According to the Registrar and Chief Executive of the Council, Professor Dantani Wushishi, 57,114 candidates secured credits in English and Mathematics, representing a 67.53% pass rate. A total of 86,0...
•Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State Government has launched the Eko Learners’ Support programme to help students preparing for the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examination Council (NECO) exams achieve academic excellence. Speaking at the unveiling ceremony yesterday at the Education Resource Centre in Lago...
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts has recommended the delisting of the National Examinations Council (NECO), University of Ibadan (UI), and 22 departments and agencies from the 2025 Budget over unaccounted funds allocated to these agencies in 2024 and the previous years. The Chairman of the Committee, Bamidele Salam, m...
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has warned school owners and stakeholders to stop enrolling candidates for its exams by proxy. In a statement signed by the Acting Director of Information and Public Relations, Azeez Sani, the Council emphasised that such fraudulent practices often lead to identity theft and the issuance of fake results...
•NECO candidates The National Examinations Council, NECO, says its candidates would henceforth pay the sum of N50,000 as a fee for the reprinting of certificates. NECO Registrar, Dantani Wushishi, disclosed this in a statement in Minna, Niger State. “The N50,000 fee for certificate reprints is subject to periodic review, he emphasised. The cou...
•Candidates in exam hall 828,284 candidates secured credit in English Language and Mathematics representing 60.55% of the candidates who sat for the 2024 Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSCE) internal examination conducted by the National Examination Council (NECO). Announcing the results at the headquarters of the council in Minna, the N...
•Ambassador Abayomi Mumuni A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Ambassador Abayomi Mumuni has enjoined President Bola Tinubu to stop the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman from banning students below the age of 18 from writing West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and National Examinations Council, NECO. Mumuni while s...
•Exam candidates Education Minister Tahir Mamman says underage candidates will no longer be allowed to sit for secondary school leaving examinations. The minister stated this on Channels Television last night. He said the federal government has instructed the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) which administers the West African Senior Sc...
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