The Federal Government has released a comprehensive schedule for various National Examinations for exit classes. The examinations are to hold from August 17, 2020 to November 18, 2020.
Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajuiba, made the announcement on Wednesday in Abuja after series of meetings with chief executives of examination bodies in the country.
According to him, the West African Examinations Council, (WAEC-SSCE) will start on August 17, 2020 while the National Business and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB) examinations will start on September 21 and end on October 15, 2020.
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Other details of the schedule indicate that the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations, (SSCE) for SS3, conducted by NECO will start on October 5 and end on November 18, 2020.
Also, the Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) for JSS 3, conducted by NECO, will start on August 24 and end on September 7, 2020.
The minister said that the National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) which is a one-day NECO examination for intending applicants into Unity Colleges (JSS1) will run in-between the Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations, that is, on Saturday, October 17, 2020.
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The minister warned that there would be no extension whatsoever for the registration for the NECO (SSCE), which is ongoing and billed to end on September 10, 2020.
A statement from the Ministry of Education further indicated that the National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies (NBAIS) examination will commence on Wednesday, September 23 and end by October 17, 2020.
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The Minister therefore directed all examination bodies to release details of their examination timetables in the next seven days.
Present at the meeting chaired by the Minister of State in the Education Mnistry were the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono, Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede; Registar, National Examinations Council, (NECO), Prof. Godswill Obioma; Registrar, National Business and Technical Examination Board, (NABTEB) Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe; representative of the National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies, (NBAIS) Dr. Raji as well as the Acting Registrar of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Dr. J.O. Oke.
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The ministry said it is compulsory for parents and pupils to wear face masks for the one – day National Common Entrance Examination conducted by NECO , while also carrying along with them, alcohol-based sanitizers.
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