The lawmaker representing Darazo/Ganjuwa federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Mansur Manu Soro, has donated the sum of N3,050,000 to cover the SSCE-NECO examination fees for 105 final year students in four Gifted Secondary Schools located in Sade, Darazo, Soro, and Gabarin. The donation was made through the Darazo-Ganjuwa Subsidised Shuttle Service as part of its core mission …

The National Examinations Council has blacklisted 14 examination centres for their involvement in examination malpractice across nine subjects. The 14 centres were identified in two South-West states, Ogun and Oyo. Ten centres were blacklisted in Ogun State, while four were blacklisted in Oyo State. NECO Registrar, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, disclosed this on Friday at the Council’s headquarters in Minna, Niger …

The National Examination Council has announced that it has accredited more foreign schools in a bid to expand its global presence. According to a statement released by NECO’s acting Director of Public Relations, Azeez Sanni, on Saturday, the accredited schools are in Niger Republic and Equatorial Guinea. The examination body, last year accredited some centres in Niger Republic to enable …

Examiners engaged by the National Examinations Council (NECO) to mark the 2024 students’ examination papers have threatened to embark on nationwide protest over the non-payment of their allowances after completing the assignment. It was learnt that the examiners have started mobilising their colleagues across the states for the planned protest. A letter written to the NECO Chief Registrar in Minna …

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has warned School owners and other relevant stakeholders to desist from enrolling candidates for its examinations by proxy. The Council made this known in a statement released on Monday by the Acting Director, information and public relations, Azeez Sani. Sani noted that it, “observed that such fraudulent practice often results in identity theft and subsequent …

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 council further said requests for reprints, “will only be accepted …

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has stated that candidates are now expected to pay a N50,000 fee for reprinting of certificates. In a statement to announce the new policy and disclosed by the Registrar of NECO, Dantani Wushishi, in public notice made available to journalists in Minna, Niger State capital, on Monday, NECO said, “The N50,000 fee for certificate reprints …

The National Examinations Council has released the results of the June/July 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination, with 60.55 per cent of candidates securing five credits and above in English Language and Mathematics. The Registrar of NECO, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, made this known while briefing journalists at the NECO headquarters on Thursday in Minna, Niger State. Prof. Wushishi disclosed that …

On the raging controversy of 18 years or nothing less before admission into the country’s institutions of higher learning, the authorities have a mountain to climb if the groundswell of public opinion is anything to go by. The policy is not new; it has been in our statute books for God-knows-when. Just like I have said in previous interventions on …

The Federal Ministry of Education has clarified that the ministry has not stopped students who are not up to 18 years old from writing the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination and the National Examinations Council exams. The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, made the clarification in Abuja on Friday while fielding questions from journalists at an …