FEDERAL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR (PRESS & PR)
Press Release
FG ROLLS OUT SCHEDULE FOR NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
The Federal Government has released a comprehensive schedule for various
National Examinations for exit classes, spanning from 17th August to 18th
November 2020. Minister of State for Education, Hon. Chukwuemeka Nwajuiba, who made the announcement today in Abuja after series of meetings with Chief Executives of examination bodies in the country said, the West African Examinations Council, (WAEC-SSCE) will start on the 17th of August, 2020 while the National Business
and Technical Examination Board, (NABTEB) examinations will start on the 21st
September and end by 15th 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 24th of August and end on the 7th of September, 2020.
Furthermore, 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 on-going, will end on the 10th 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, 23rd September and
end by 17th October 2020. The Minister, therefore,e 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, was the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Arc.
Sonny Echono, Registrar, Joint Admissions Matriculations Board, (JAMB), Prof.
Is-haq Oloyede; Registrar, National Examinations Council, (NECO), Prof. Godswill Obioma; Registrar, National Business and Technical Examination Board,
(NABTEB) Prof. Ifeoma 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.
Ben Bem Goong
Director, Press and Public Relations
08070587668
29th Jul 2020
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