The House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Examination Bodies has pledged collaboration with relevant agencies to improve the standard of education in the country. Chairman of the committee, Rep. Oboku Oforji (PDP-Bayelsa), made the pledge in an interview with newsmen on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oforji spoke the…
The Federal Government says that privately-owned Computer Based Test (CBT) centres and others belonging to public institutions will be fully deployed in the conduct of school-based Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) by 2026. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this during the monitoring of a pilot CBT SSCE conducted by National Examinations Council…
The Federal Government has debunked a false statement circulating online, which claimed that the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) conducted by WAEC and the National Examinations Council (NECO) had been cancelled due to widespread examination malpractice. In a statement released by the Ministry on Sunday, signed by Boriowo Folasade, Director of Press…
Nigeria’s National Examinations Council (NECO) has officially published the results of the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), the assessment taken by students at the close of their Junior Secondary School education. According to a statement released on Wednesday in Abuja by Mr Azeez Sani, NECO’s Acting Director of Information and Public Relations, a total…
The Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Ahmad says no student whether in the urban or rural communities will be left behind in the Computer-Based Test transition. Ahmad was speaking during the monitoring of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in some selected schools in Abuja on Tuesday. ”We will not roll…
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has disowned a fake facebook account opened in the name of the Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Dantani Wushishi aimed at defrauding unsuspecting members of the public. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday by the Council’s Acting Director, Information and Public Relations, Mr Azeez…
An official of the National Board of Arabic and Islamic Studies (NBAIS) says the board’s certificate is not inferior to West Africa Certificate Examination (WAEC) and National Examination Council (NECO) certificates. The Special Assistant to the registrar of the board, Ustaz Abdul-Lateef Adekilekun, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
The Federal Government has directed the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) to adopt full Computer-Based Testing (CBT) for all their examinations by 2026. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this during the monitoring of the ongoing exams alongside JAMB officials, in Bwari on Monday. The News Agency…
National Examinations Council (NECO) has accredited more schools in Equatorial Guinea to write the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) and the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). A statement in Abuja on Wednesday by the Council’s Acting Director, Information and Public Relations, Mr Azeez Sani, said the move was to expand its global presence. Sani said…
