No fewer than 1,376,391 candidates registered for the on-going 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) Internal conducted by the National Examinations Council (NECO).
The examination is also being held in Togo, Benin Republic, Gabon, Equitorial Guinea, Niger Republic, Cote d’ Ivoire and the Kingdom of Saudi-Arabia.
A statement by the Council’s Acting Director, Information and Digital Communication, Azeez Sani, stated that the Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi disclosed this on Wednesday after monitoring the examination at some centres in Enugu, Enugu State.
Wushishi, who expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the examination in the centre, disclosed that reports received from across the nation indicated that the examination is going on smoothly.
He attributed this success to the various measures put in place to ensure a seamless exercise.
According to him, due to some innovations put in place, the menace of examination malpractice is on the decline.
The Registrar admonished candidates to work hard in order to have a good grade in the examination, stressing that “there is no short cut to success.”
He disclosed that since the commencement of the examination, he had monitored the exercise in Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Abia, Imo and Anambra States to have first hand Information on the conduct of the examination.
According to him, in all the states visited, the critical stakeholders applauded NECO for the various measures put in place, which helped in making the conduct of 2024 SSCE seamless.
Wushishi explained that the extension of NECO examinations to other countries indicates the wide acceptance of NECO certificates across the world.
The statement added that the examination which commenced on June 19, 2024, will end on July 25, 2024.
It also noted that candidates are expected to sit for the examination in 76 subjects.