BY NGOZI NWANKWO, ABUJA – No fewer than 1,376,391 candidates registered for the on-going 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), internal conducted by the National Examinations Council (NECO).
The Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi disclosed this on Wednesday, July 17, 2024 shortly after monitoring the examination in some centres in Enugu State.
Wushishi, who expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the examination in the centre, disclosed that reports received from across the country, indicated that the examination is going on smoothly.
The NECO Chief Executive attributed the success to the various measures put in place to ensure a seamless exercise, adding that due to some innovations put in place, the menace of examination malpractice was on the decline.
The Registrar admonished candidates to work hard in order to have a good grade in the examination, stressing that “there is no short cut to success”.
Wushishi also said 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.
He said that in all the states visited, stakeholders applauded NECO for the various measures put in place which have helped in making the conduct of 2024 SSCE seamless.
The Registrar of NECO also said 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.
Wushishi explained that the extension of NECO examinations to other countries indicated the wide acceptance of NECO Certificates across the world.
The 2024 NECO SSCE in which candidates are expected to sit for the examination in 76 subjects, commenced on June 19, and is expected to end on July 25, 2024.
