No fewer than One Million, Three Hundred and Seventy-Six Thousand, Three Hundred and Ninety-One (1,376,391) candidates registered for the on-going 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) Internal conducted by the National Examinations Council (NECO).
NECO Registrar and Chief Executive, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, who disclosed this on Wednesday, expressed satisfaction with the examination’s progress during his monitoring visit to several centres in Enugu State.
According to a statement by Azeez Sani, Acting Director of Information and Digital Communication at NECO, Prof. Wushishi noted that reports from across the nation confirmed the smooth conduct of the exams.
The NECO boss attributed the success to the various measures put in place to ensure a seamless exercise,which have significantly reduced incidents of examination malpractice.
The Registrar admonished candidates to work hard in order to have a good grade in the examination, stressing that “there is no shortcut to success”.
Prof Wushishi 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 2024 SSCE seamless.
The Registrar disclosed that the examination is also being held in Togo, Benin Republic, Gabon, Equitorial Guinea, Niger Republic, Cote d’ Ivoire and the Kingdom of Saudi-Arabia.
Prof. Wushishi explained that the extension of NECO examinations to other countries indicates the wide acceptance of NECO Certificates across the world.
The 2024 NECO SSCE commenced on 19th June and will end on 25th July, 2024.
Candidates are expected to sit for the examination in 76 subjects.
