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From Fred Ezeh, Abuja and John Adams, Minna
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has accredited schools in Burkina Faso, making them qualified to write the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) and the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Country.
Azeez Sani, acting Director, Information and Public Relations, NECO, in a statement, yesterday, explained that a team from NECO inspected school facilities and approved them for use in the various examinations.
He said: “The accreditation team inspected classrooms, laboratories, libraries, computer laboratories, workshops, examination Halls, sport facilities, continuous assessment as well as adequacy of teachers and school security to determine their adequacy and suitability and readiness for NECO Examinations. After a thorough evaluation and comprehensive assessment, the schools were granted full SSCE and BECE accreditation status.”
Leader of the NECO accreditation team, Dr. Uche Ezenwanne, said the accreditation of schools in Burkina Faso would provide opportunity for Nigerian students resident in the country to write both SSCE and BECE without traveling back to Nigeria, thereby strengthening NECO’S position as Africa’s foremost examination body.
He said NECO was poised to become a leading examination body in Africa, offering opportunities for Nigerian students and other foreign nationals worldwide to benefit from its expertise, thus contributing to the advancement of education in Africa and beyond.
Ambassador of Nigeria to Burkina Faso, M.D Galadima, commended NECO for expanding its global presence to Burkina Faso.
Galadima disclosed that Nigerian parents in Burkina Faso had for long faced challenges due to the differences in educational system and the lack of English based schools in the country.
He stated that previously, parents had to take their children to Saki, Oyo State, to register and write the examination, exposing students and parents to security risks during travel and placing heavy financial burden on families and school proprietors.”
The Ambassador noted that the accreditation of schools in Burkina Faso would help eliminate such risks and financial burden on both the parents and school owners.
He urged the Nigerian community in Burkina Faso to key into the opportunity provided by NECO by registering their children for the SSCE and BECE.
NECO recently established an examination centre in London, the United Kingdom, in addition to the existing centres in Togo, Benin Republic, Niger Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
