Ebun Francis| The Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) conducted by the National Examination Council (NECO) is scheduled to commence on October 5 and will be concluded on November 18, 2020.
The date for the commencement of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) exercise remains August 17, while the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for JSS 3, which is also conducted by NECO, will begin on August 24and will last till September 7, 2020.
The director of press and public relations, ministry of education, who made the discosure in a statement on Wednesday, said, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, minister of state for education, announced the date after a meeting with chief executives of examination bodies in the country.
Also, the National Business and Technical Examination Board, (NABTEB) examinations will take place from September 21 till October, 15, 2020.
The statement read, “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 i.e. on Saturday, 17th October, 2020.”
“Registration for the NECO (SSCE), which is ongoing, will end on the 10th of September, 2020 and there shall be no extension for the registration whatsoever.
“The National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies (NBAIS) examination will commence on Wednesday, 23rd September, and end by 17th October, 2020.”
All examination bodies are expected to release details of their examination timetables within the next seven days.
Those who attended the meeting, which was chaired by Nwajiuba, include, Sonny Echono, the permanent secretary, federal ministry of education; Ishaq Oloyede, registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB); Godswill Obioma, NECO registrar; Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe, NABTEB registrar; Raji Yusuf, co-director, NBAIS, and J.O. Oke, acting registrar of WAEC.
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