No fewer than 1,376,391 candidates registered for the continuing 2024 school-based Senior College Certificates Examinations (SSCE) performed by the Nationwide Examinations Council (NECO).
The Registrar/Chief Government of NECO, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, disclosed this on Wednesday after monitoring the examination at some centres in Enugu, Enugu State capital.
It will be recalled that the 2024 NECO SSCE commenced on June 19 and can finish on July 25, 2024, whereas candidates are anticipated to sit down for the examination in 76 topics.
In a press assertion issued by the Performing Director, Info and Digital Communication, Azeez Sani, Wushishi expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the examination within the centres visited, disclosing that the examination was occurring easily throughout the nation.
He attributed the success to the varied measures put in place to make sure a seamless excercise.
Based on him, attributable to some improvements put in place, the menace of examination malpractice was on the decline.
The NECO Registrar admonished candidates to work laborious with a purpose to have grade within the examination, stressing that “there is no such thing as a shortcut to success.”
He additional disclosed that because the graduation of the examination, he had monitored the train in Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Abia, Imo and Anambra States to have first-hand info on the conduct of the examination.
Based on him, in all of the states visited thus far, the essential stakeholders applauded NECO for the varied measures put in place, which helped in making the conduct of 2024 SSCE seamless.
The Registrar disclosed that the examination was additionally being held in Togo, Benin Republic, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Niger Republic, Ivory Coast and the Kingdom of Saudi-Arabia.
Wushishi defined that the extension of NECO examinations to different international locations indicated the acceptability of NECO Certificates internationally.