National Examination Council (NECO)

Sequel to a request by the Registrar of the National Examination Council (NECO), Professor Godswill Obioma, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) is set to prosecute some staff of the examination body for alleged possession of fake certificates. The prosecution of the staff in question came after the staff verification exercise …

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has maintained that all schools were given sufficient time to register their candidates for the 2020 Basic Examination Certificate Examinations (BECE). The Head of Information and Public Communication, Azeez Sani, said the council received complaints by some schools, protesting the inability of their students to sit for the ongoing exams. …

The federal government has announced the timeline for the various examination bodies to conduct various national examinations for exit classes including Junior Secondary School (JSS) 3 and Senior Secondary School (SSS) 3. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajuiba, made the announcement on Wednesday in Abuja after a series of meetings with chief executives …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the termination of the appointment of Prof Charles Uwakwe as the Registrar and Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council. This was contained in a letter dated May 11 and signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono, on behalf of the Minister of Education, …

The National Examination Council (NECO) has called on its state officers to commence talks with the state commissioners of education and other relevant stakeholders to allow final year students to re-open so as to enable them to take the Senior School School Certificate Examination (SSCE) This was contained in a circular the Director of Examination …

The Federal Government has confirmed the indefinite postponement of the 2020 examinations conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) for senior school students. This was confirmed by the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba while addressing a press conference on Tuesday in Abuja. Recall that the Ministry of …

The National Examination Council (NECO) has disclosed that it has not postponed the 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) because of the outbreak of coronavirus. According to NECO, only the National Common Entrance (NCEE) has been postponed indefinitely because of the COVID -19 pandemic. This was contained in …

Three persons have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) for aiding examination malpractice in the ongoing National Examination Council (NECO). The arrested persons include the Vice Principal of Government Day Secondary School in Ote community of Eiye-Nkorin local government area of Kwara State, a teacher identified as Usman Lanre Kayode and a National Examination …

Three Schools in Katsina, Kebbi and Oyo states have been delisted for two years by the National Examinations Council (NECO) for their alleged involvement in examination malpractices. This comes after the commission found out supervisors, teachers and school administrators, who ought to be part of the army in fighting the scourge of malpractice were in …

We are pleased to notify all candidates that participated in the National Examinations Council (NECO) 2019 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for Junior Secondary School (JSS 3) that, they can now check their result. To check the 2019 NECO BECE results, follow the steps stated below. How to Check NECO BECE Result for 2019 STEP …

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). Mr Azeez Sani, Head, Information and Public Relations Division, in a statement on Thursday, disclosed infomation that the Chairman, Governing Board of NECO, Dr Abubakar Saddiq led a delegation …

The Federal Government has approved the reduction of the fees for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the National Examination Council (NECO) and the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).