Making life easier for NECO
There is cheery news from the National Examinations Council [NECO]: Candidates are sure November/December Senior School Certificate [SSCE] results will be ready to enable them pursue admission into tertiary institutions in the coming session. Until August 2016, it was not always so.
Educationists blame govt for mass failure in NECO, WAEC
Stakeholders in Nigeria’s education sector have said that government’s inability to alleviate the fundamental challenges in the sector is responsible for the poor performance of students in the qualifying examinations organised by the National Examinations Council (NECO) and the West African Examination Council
NECO releases 2013 May/June SSCE results
The National Examinations Council, NECO, has released 2013 Senior Schools Certificate Examinations results with a considerable improvement by the students nationwide compared with the past results.
Education for sale: High fees, mercenaries bane of education sector
Posing as an unlucky candidate who had failed her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), our reporter got the following response from the other end of the line: “Listen, I work with JAMB. I have been doing this for a very long time; do you know how many admissions I have processed for people this year alone? Don’t worry, send me the details and leave everything to me, it will cost you N5,000. I am sure you can afford that.”
