By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Examinations Council (NECO) has rescheduled the 2023 National Common Entrance Examinations (NCEE) which is conducted for admission into Federal Unity Colleges from Saturday 29th April, 2023 to Saturday 3rd June 2023. This is contained in a statement issued by the Head, Information and...
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The National Industrial Court has ordered the National Examinations Council (NECO) to reinstate a dismissed member of staff, Malam Ibrahim Musa . The reinstatement of the claimant as ordered by the court, was to the position or rank he ought to be at the judgment date. Delivering judgment, Justice...
The Adamawa government on Monday says it will sponsor 41,668 indigent students for the 2023 West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and National Examination Commission (NECO). The government would also sponsored indigent candidates of the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB). The state Commissioner for Education and Human Capital...
Gombe gubernatorial candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Khamisu Mailantarki, has offered to pay for external examinations of students of the State if elected. Mailantarki, a former Member of House of Representatives from Gombe State, stated this during the inauguration of the NNPP Gubernatorial Campaign Council, on Saturday...
The Niger state Ministry of Education says it has paid N433 million for the settlement of backlog debt owe to examination conducting organisations by the state. The organisation include the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) National Examination Council (NECO), and National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB). Others are...
Stakeholders in the education sector have been urged to take collective responsibility to rid the country of bad habits of wanting to cut corners during examinations. The Registrar, National Examination Council (NECO), Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi, made the appeal at a One-Day Sensitisation Workshop on Examination Malpractice in Abuja on...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Services, Prof. Julius Ihonvbere has accused school authorities in the country of conniving with Examination officers to help candidates cheat in examination. Ihonvbere who disclosed this at a National Sensitisation workshop on Examination Malpractice in Nigeria...
Stakeholders in the education sector in the North-East have said that continuous lowering of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) cut-off mark would encourage competition and educational development in the country. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and heads of tertiary institutions of learning and other stakeholders on July...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Examinations Council (NECO) has denied fixing any examination for Saturday 9th July, 2022. This is contrary to insinuations in some quarters that the Council has scheduled examination for above date, which is Sallah Day (Eid- Adha). The NECO Head of Information and...
The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has announced the release of the 2022 results of the National Common Entrance Examination (NECO) held on May 7 into the 104 unity colleges across the country. Adamu, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mr David Adejo in...
The Ior Gboko Foundation (IGF), has commissioned a standard Business Centre in Gboko, Benue state, to assist indigent candidates wishing to register for their West African Examinations Council (WAEC) school certificate and National Examinations Council (NECO) and the Unified Tertiary Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has kicked against the 25% deduction from the Treasury Single Account (TSA) of the National Examinations Council (NECO) by the Federal Government. The union, in a letter to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu,...
A federal lawmaker, Rep. Yusuf Gagdi (APC – Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam), has earmarked the sum of N160 million to register his constituents for the 2022 WAEC and NECO examinations. Gagdi made the disclosure while interacting with newsmen at the distribution of his empowerment items to constituents on Monday in Pankshin. The...
The former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Adedibu Ojerinde, who is standing trial in an alleged N5 billion fraud, has opted for a plea bargain with the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) in order to get a soft landing. At...
The Kano State Government says the state recorded 95 per cent success in the National Examination Council (NECO) examinations in 2021, with over 80,000 students obtaining nine credits. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Sanusi Sa’idu-Kiru, made the announcement at a news conference on the achievements recorded by the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Examinations Council (NECO) has begun moves to make its examinations compulsory in schools across the 36 states of the federation. The council, in a statement by its Head of Information and Public Relations Division, Mr Azeez Sani, said it has secured the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – All examinations conducted by the National Examinations Council (NECO) are now compulsory for all secondary schools in Ebonyi State. The State Governor, Engr. Dave Umahi gave the approval following a request made to that effect by the Registrar of NECO, Prof Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi...
The Niger government says it has paid over N400 million backlog of 2019/2020 debt owned the National Examination Council (NECO) and part payment for the 2021 NECO examination. Hajiya Hannatu Salihu, the state Commissioner of Education, disclosed this during the screening of the 2022 budget proposal of the ministry...
No fewer than 42 inmates serving various jail terms in Jos Correctional Centre are writing the ongoing November/December Senior School Certificate Examinations of the National Examination Council (NECO). ASC Longdiem Godfrey, the Public Relations Officer of the Plateau Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), announced this to News...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja All the ad-hoc staff involved in the conduct of the 2021 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for school based candidates have been fully paid by the National Examinations Council (NECO). The ad-hoc staff includes, 18,243 Supervisors, 887 Assistant Supervisors and 65,159 Examiners. In a statement...