School Reopening: FG rolls out schedule for national examinations
The Federal Government has released a comprehensive schedule for various National Examinations for exit classes, spanning from 17 August to 18th November, 2020.
Minister of State for Education, Hon. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, made the announcement today in Abuja after series of meetings with Chief Executives of examination bodies in the country.
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He said, the West African Examinations Council, (WAEC-SSCE) will start on the 17 of August, 2020 while the National Business and Technical Examination Board, (NABTEB) examinations will start on the 21 September and end by 15 October, 2020,
Other details of the schedule indicate that the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations, (SSCE) for SS3, conducted by NECO will start on the 5th of October and end on the 18th of November, 2020.
The Basic Education Certificate Examinations. (BECE) for JSS 3 also conducted by NECO, will start on the 24 of August and end on the 7 of September, 2020.
Furthermore, the National Common Entrance Examination, (NCEE) which is a one-day NECO examination for intending applicants into Unity Colleges (ISST) will run in-between the Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations ie on Saturday, 17 October, 2020
Registration for the NECO (SSCE), which is on-going, will end on the 10 of September, 2020 and there shall be no extension for the registration whatsoever.
The statement further indicated that the National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies, (NBAIS) examination will commence on Wednesday, 23 September, and end by 17 October, 2020.
The Minister, therefore, directed all examination bodies to release details of their examination timetables in the next seven days.
Present at the meeting which was chaired by the Honourable Minister of State for Education, were the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Arch Sonny Echono, Registrar, Joint Admissions Matriculation Board, (JAMB), Prof Is-haq Oloyede; and the Registrar, National Examinations Council, (NECO), Prof. Godswill Obioma.
Others are the Registrar, National Business and Technical Examination Board, (NABTEB) Prof. Loma Isiugo-Abanihe, 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.
For the one – day National Common Entrance Examination conducted by NECO, it is compulsory for parents and pupils to wear face masks on the exam date, while also carrying along with them, alcohol-based sanitizers.
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