National Examination Council (NECO) Has Called For The Resumption Of Secondary School Final Year Students.

The government had on March 19 ordered the immediate closure of all tertiary, secondary and primary schools as part of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 virus.

However the two bodies of SSCE in the country which is West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) therefore postphoned the exams indefinately due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the country.

The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, made the stance of the government known at the daily Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja.

Both examinations were slated for May and June 2020 respectively.

On 18th May,2020 examination department of the National Examination Council (NECO) has called for the resumption of secondary school final year students.

NECO Seeks Resumption of Final Year Students In Secondary Schools

The National Examination Council (NECO) has called on its state officers to commence talks with the state commissioners of education and other relevant stakeholders to allow final year students to resume.

This information was dissemble and directed to the state board officers on Monday.This is to ensure the final students to write their exams and also the only the teachers directly involved in the conduct of the examinations, by so doing the we will be in compliance with social distancing and other safety measures will also be observed.

All other class rooms laboratories, offices can be used to conduct this exam in the absence of other students as it will generate enough space for the students by so doing the recommended rules that is, social distancing will be overcome

However a specific period will be allowed for revision and the examination will commence ASAP.

All we need is to convince the relevant stake holders to actuallize this Task

“This suggestion is in view of the realization that based on the daily report of the spread of COVID 19, so schools and institutions, full resumption may not be possible even in the near future.

We thereby direct to commence talks with the commissioner for edu and other concerned body to convince the on the need for the students to commence their external exams says by Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba

I think this is a very good suggestions, is not good for students to be off book for so long and with the numbers of Covid-19cases every day I don't think the government is willing to lift up the lockdown at least not now, since other students won't be around their will be enough classroom even offices to conduct the exam of which social distance would be observed.