Tag: NECO
NECO, NSCDC collaborate to check exam malpractice
The National Examinations Council (NECO) and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence are to collaborate to check examination malpractice during…
NECO, NABTEB examinations: Kaduna govt. spends N380.7m on students
Kaduna State Government said on Monday that it expended N380.7 million on payments of National Examination Council (NECO) and National…
NECO releases Nov/DEC 2018 examination results
The National Examinations Council, (NECO), has released the result of the 2018 November/December Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for external…
NANS hails FG on reduction of JAMB, NECO form fees
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), on Thursday, applauded the Federal Government for reducing the cost of JAMB and…
NECO extends 2018 SSCE registration
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced an extension for the registration of the on-going 2018 November/December NECO Senior Secondary…
129 inmates of Enugu Maximum Prisons to sit for NECO examinations
No fewer than 129 inmates of the Enugu Maximum Security Prison of the Nigeria Prison Service (NPS) will sit for…
35 inmates to sit for NECO exams
The Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) has said that 35 inmates of the Jos prison will participate in the 2018 Nov/Dec…
NECO releases June/July 2018 SSCE result, cancels 20,181 results over malpractice
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the June/July 2018 Senior Secondary Schools result, a statement issued on Monday in…
Plateau killings: IDPs plead with NECO to re-conduct SSCE, BECE
Some candidates of the National Examination Council (NECO), who could not write some papers due to the recent Plateau killings…
Borno pays WAEC, NECO examination fees for students
The Borno State Government on Friday released N300 million to the West African Examination Council (WAEC) and the National Examination…
NECO releases results, seizes results of 50,586 examination cheats
The National Examination Council has announced the release of the 2017 June/July Senior School Certificate Examination results, even as it…
200 IDPs enroll for UTME, WAEC, NECO in Edo
No fewer than 200 students at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Edo, have registered for the 2017 basic…
20,000 Children Sit For NCEE In Lagos
Over 20,000 children in Lagos State sat for this year’s National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE), which held nationwide on Saturday.
School head promotes high performance in public exams
A retired school headmistress, Mrs Ruth Olugbamila has urged teachers and students in Ekiti to build on their top performance…
Teachers, students to sustain NECO Performance
Teachers and students in Ekiti have been urged to build on their 2016 National Examination Council (NECO) performance in future…
University admissions: Is NECO losing relevance?
At no time in the history of University admissions had parents and students been through the kind of trauma they…
Jigawa Speaker donates N1m for NECO scratch cards
The Speaker, Jigawa State House of Assembly, Alhaji Idris Garba, has donated N1 million to 105 candidates to purchase scratch…
NECO offers last chance to pupils writing Unity Colleges exam
Barely few hours to the second test of the National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE), qualified candidates still have an opportunity…
NECO won’t migrate to CBT now, says Liaison Officer
The National Examination Council (NECO), says it will not migrate to Computer Based Test (CBT) mode for objective questions as…
Katsina govt. to pay NECO fees for students
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has assured that the government would pay fees for students taking this year’s National…
NECO releases 2015 exam results
The National Examination Council (NECO) has released the June/July 2015 results with improvement of 16 per cent in credits in…
NECO to introduce CBT in subsequent exams
The National Examination Council (NECO) will introduce Computer-Based Test (CBT) in objective papers of its subsequent examinations, says Dr Paddy…
Jonathan appoints new Registrar for NECO
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Prof. Monday Tommy Joshua as the Registrar of National Examinations Council (NECO).…
Promoting Science And Technology Education In Nigeria
By Olalekan Olagunju Education has been widely described as the bedrock of national advancement and an engine room for manpower…
Police arrest NSCDC operative over alleged murder
The police in Osun have arrested an operative of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) over the death…
Understanding The New Basic Education Curricula
By Olalekan Olagunju The word ‘curriculum’ was originally derived from the Latin word “racecourse” which implies a course of study…
NECO Shortlists 40,000 Candidates For Exam
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced a shift in the date of its Basic Education Certificate Examination from May…
Mass Failure in JTME: Need For An Overhaul
The recent mass failure recorded in the WASCE, NECO and JAMB examinations is a sign of the turbulent times we…
FG Has Not Scrapped JAMB, NECO —Wike
The Minister of State for Education, Mr Nyesom Wike, said on Thursday that the Federal Government had not scrapped the…
Beyond The Recommendations Of The Oronsaye Report
By Theophilus Ilevbare In spite of repeated assurance from the government to appropriately down size its unwieldy work force and…