The Registrar and Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council, NECO, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi has urged candidates sitting for the 2023 External Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) nationwide to shun examination malpractice.
He stated this on Saturday while monitoring the examination at Government Science Secondary School Gombe, Gombe State.
The Registrar said that various measures have been put in place to check the menace.
“The Council has also put in place necessary measures to ensure that the examination is seamless,” he said.
According to him, no fewer than 74,819 candidates are participating in the ongoing 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for External candidates nationwide.
Prof. Wushishi expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the candidates at the Gombe center, stressing that reports received from the various centers across the Country indicated that the examination is going smoothly.
The 2023 SSCE External which started on Monday, 20th November, 2023 will end on 20th December, 2023.
The candidates are to sit for the examination in 29 different subjects.
This was contained in a statement issued by Mr. Azeez Sani, the Acting Director of information and Digital Communication of the agency.
Dominica Nwabufo
