July 17, 2024
Over 1.3 million candidates registered for the on-going 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) internally conducted by the National Examinations Council (NECO).
Registrar of NECO, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, disclosed this on Wednesday, July 17, after monitoring the examination at some centres in Enugu, the capital of Enugu State.
The candidates are sitting for the examination in 76 subjects.
Prof. Wushishi, who expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the examination in the centre, disclosed that reports received from across the nation indicated that the examination was going on smoothly.
In a statement by Acting Director of Information and Digital Communication, Azeez Sani on Wednesday, Prof Wushishi attributed the success to the various measures put in place to ensure a seamless exercise.
According to him, due to some innovations put in place, the menace of examination malpractice was on the decline.
The registrar admonished candidates to work hard to have good grades in the examination, stressing “there is no shortcut to success.”
He disclosed that since the commencement of the examination, he had monitored the exercise in Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Abia, Imo, and Anambra states to have first-hand Information on the conduct of the examination.
According to him, in all the states visited, the critical stakeholders applauded NECO for the various measures put in place, which helped in making the conduct of the 2024 SSCE seamless.
The registrar disclosed that the examination was also being held in Togo, Benin Republic, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Niger Republic, Cote d’Ivoire and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Prof Wushishi explained that the extension of NECO examinations to other countries indicated the wide acceptance of NECO certificate across the world.
The 2024 NECO SSCE commenced on 19th June and will end on 25th July.
