Tag: SSCE

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),…