The Governing Board of the National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced that the ongoing Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSSCE) has been postponed indefinitely.
The announcement was made through a statement released recently by Azeez Sani, the Head of Information and Public Relations Division of NECO. While making the announcement, Sani stated that the decision to postpone the examination indefinitely was made following the current security challenges which was triggered by the ENDSARS protests, which have affected the smooth conduct of examinations in many parts of Nigeria.
He stated further that NECO had in a press release, dated October 21, 2020, notified the public about the rescheduling of some subjects of the 2020 on-going SSCE but the body had to suspend the examination indefinitely owing to current security challenges in many parts of the country.
He explained that the imposition of curfew and closing down of schools in some states have made it hard for NECO to circulate examination materials across the country and added that the examination body would carry on with the conduct of the examination in every state as soon as normalcy returns to Nigeria.
Part of the statement read: “While regretting any inconveniences this postponement may cause our esteemed stakeholders, the Council has however taken this decision in order to maintain the integrity and security of its examination procedures for seamless conduct of the Council’s examination.”
