SSCE: Over 1.3m candidates register for 2024 exam, says NECO

Registrar:Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi.

Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi.

From Fred Ezeh, Abuja

The National Examination Council (NECO) has announced that 1,376,391 candidates have successfully registered for the 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination otherwise known as SSCE Internal.

Its spokesman, Azeez Sani, in a statement, noted that NECO Registrar, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, disclosed the information after monitoring the ongoing examination at some centres in Enugu.

The 2024 NECO SSCE commenced on June 19 and would end on July 25. Candidates are expected to sit for the examination in 76 subjects.

Sani said Prof. Wushishi expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the examination in the centre, disclosing that reports received from across the country indicated that the examination is going on smoothly.

“Since the commencement of the examination, the NECO Registrar, alongside other officials, monitored the exercise in Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Abia, Imo and Anambra States, to have first hand information on the conduct of the examination.

“In all the states visited, the critical stakeholders appreciated NECO for the various measures put in place, which helped in making the conduct of 2024 SSCE seamless.”

The examination is also being held in Togo, Benin Republic, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Niger Republic, Cote d’ Ivoire and the Kingdom of Saudi-Arabia.

“The extension of NECO examinations to other countries indicates the wide acceptance of NECO certificates across the world,” he said.

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