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JAMB Extends Assessment Deadline for Underage UTME Candidates

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The date of the final evaluation for minors who took the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has been moved by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The Board claims that the change was required since 23 of the 71 universities selected by the impacted candidates did not submit their Post-UTME screening results by the original September 15, 2025, deadline. JAMB stated in a statement signed by Dr. Fabian Benjamin, its Public Communication Advisor, that some schools had not complied with the National Examinations Council’s (NECO) September 17 announcement…

NECO revises English exam, reduces questions from 100 to 80

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The English Language Paper III of the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination Internal will have fewer objective questions, according to a statement released by the National Examinations Council (NECO). Starting with the SSCE Internal exams in 2026, there will be 80 questions instead of 100. The new paper structure has six divisions, according to an official notification signed by Sunday K. Bolaji, the State Coordinator for Osun State, and made available on Wednesday. The notification was dated September 1, 2025. Grammatical Structures (30 questions), Cloze Text (10 questions), Antonyms (10 questions),…

NECO Releases Hall Requirements for November 2025 CBT Exams

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NECO Releases 2024 Internal Examination Results

The old paper-pencil approach will be phased out, according to confirmation from the National Examinations Council (NECO). A fully computer-based method will now be used for all exams, starting with the November/December 2025 SSCE External. In July, the Federal Government announced that by 2026, all CBT centers, including those run by private companies, would be used to administer the school-based SSCE. By 2026, the FG will move all Waec Neco Exams to the CBT. “The National Examinations Council (NECO) has concluded arrangements to migrate from paper pencil to computer-based examination,…

NECO Releases Results For 2023 SSCE

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NECO Releases Results For 2023 SSCE The 2023 senior secondary school examination (SSCE) external results have been officially announced by the National Examination Council (NECO). According to the Registrar and Chief Executive, Professor Dantani Wushishi, a total of 74,342 candidates took the examination across 29 subjects, with 67.35 percent of them achieving five credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics. In a publication on Monday, Wushishi said that 8,518 candidates were booked for various forms of malpractice, showing a 25.4 percent decline in 2022. The 2023 NECO results were…