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  • Candidates Under 18 Years Won’t Be Allowed to Write WAEC, NECO – FG

    Candidates Under 18 Years Won’t Be Allowed to Write WAEC, NECO – FG

    The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, has announced that candidates under the age of 18 will no longer be permitted to sit for secondary school leaving examinations in Nigeria.

    This decision, aimed at enforcing the 18-year age requirement, was communicated during his appearance on Channels TV’s Sunday Politics programme.

    According to Mamman, the Federal Government has instructed the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) to comply with the directive.

    Effective immediately, only candidates who are at least 18 years old will be eligible to take the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE).

    The minister also reaffirmed the age limit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), administered by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), stating that candidates must be 18 years or older to be eligible.

    “It is 18 (years). What we did at the meeting that we had with JAMB (in July) was to allow this year and for it to serve as a kind of notice for parents that this year, JAMB will admit students who are below that age but from next year, JAMB is going to insist that anybody applying to go to university in Nigeria meets the required age which is 18,” Mamman explained.

    He emphasized that this is not a new policy but rather a reminder of existing regulations.

    “Even basically if you compute the number of years pupils, and learners are supposed to be in school, the number you will end up with is 17 and a half – from early child care to primary school to junior secondary school and then senior secondary school. You will end up with 17 and a half by the time they are ready for admission,” he said.

    “So, we are not coming up with new policy contrary to what some people are saying; we are just simply reminding people of what is existing.

    “In any case, NECO and WAEC, henceforth will not be allowing underage children to write their examinations. In other words, if somebody has not spent the requisite number of years in that particular level of study, WAEC and NECO will not allow them to write the examination.”

  • BREAKING: NECO Releases 2024 SSCE Results

    BREAKING: NECO Releases 2024 SSCE Results

    The results of the June/July 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination, (SSCE) has been released by the National Examinations Council, (NECO) with 60.55 per cent of candidates securing five credits and above in English Language and Mathematics.

    This was made known by the Registrar of NECO, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, while addressing newsmen at the NECO headquarters on Thursday in Minna, Niger State.

    The NECO Registrar highlighted details of the results: “The number of candidates that sat for the exam is 1,367,736, comprising 702,112 males and 665,624 females.

    “The number of candidates with five credits and above, including English and Mathematics, is 828,284, representing 60.55%.

    “The number of candidates with five credits and above, irrespective of English and Mathematics, is 1,147,597, representing 83.90%.”

    As Regards to examination malpractice, Wushishi emphasized that this year’s figures showed a significant reduction compared to last year.

    He stated: “The number of candidates involved in various forms of malpractice in 2024 is 8,437, compared to 12,030 in 2023, indicating a reduction of 30.1%.”

    “During the conduct of the 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination, 40 schools were found to have engaged in whole-school (mass) cheating in 17 states. They will be invited to the Council for discussion, after which appropriate sanctions will be applied. One school in Ekiti has been recommended for de-recognition for mass cheating in two core subjects and one Science subject.

    “Similarly, 21 supervisors were recommended for blacklisting due to poor supervision, aiding and abetting, abscondment, extortion, drunkenness, and negligence in 12 states.”

    Candidates who sat for the examination are advised to visit NECO website to access their results.

    “At this juncture, I wish to formally declare that the 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination results are hereby released to the public. By this release, candidates can now access their results on the NECO website: www.neco.gov.ng using their examination registration number,” Wushishi stated.

  • NANS Opposes NECO’s N50,000 Certificate Reprint Fee

    NANS Opposes NECO’s N50,000 Certificate Reprint Fee

    The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has strongly opposed the new N50,000 fee imposed by the National Examination Council (NECO) for certificate reprints, Okay.ng reports.

    In a reaction to the new fee, NANS clerk of the Senate, Abdulyekinn Odunayo, in a statement described the decision as outrageous and a commercialisation of education.

    The student body believes that the fee places an unjust burden on students, particularly during a time of economic hardship.

    NANS has expressed concerns about the lack of transparency in NECO’s fee structure and policies, and has called for an immediate reversal and reduction of the fee to a more affordable amount.

    NANS also advocates for an extension of the reprint request deadline to 5 years and urges for stakeholder engagement to ensure decisions that prioritize the needs of students.