Over 70000 candidates sit for 2024 common entrance exams into unity schools

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A complete of 70,603 candidates, on Saturday, sat for the 2024 Nationwide Widespread Entrance Examination, NCEE, carried out by the Nationwide Examinations Council, NECO, into the 110 Unity Faculties nationwide.

This 12 months’s determine is barely under the 72,000 candidates who sat for the examination in 2023.

The Registrar of NECO, Prof Dantani Wushishi, disclosed this whereas monitoring the train on Saturday, at Mannequin Secondary Faculty, Maitama and Authorities Day Secondary Faculty, Wuse 2 Abuja.

Wushishi mentioned the examination was carried out in 599 centres throughout the nation.

Whereas giving a breakdown of candidates’ participation by gender, he mentioned, “33,335 males registered for the 2024 NCEE, whereas 37,268 females registered for the train totalling 70,603.”

He lamented that the 2024 registration was decrease than that of 2023 which had 34,064 males and 38,801 females, totalling 72,865.

Knowledge launched by the council confirmed that Lagos got here prime with the best variety of candidates, totalling 17,751, whereas FCT got here second with 10,209 candidates and Anambra in third place with 4,972 candidates.

Bayelsa, Borno and Gombe had the least variety of candidates taking part within the train, after registering solely 133, 138 and 174 candidates respectively.

The NECO boss attributed the low registration in 2024 to financial elements because the examination physique had barely raised the registration price and fogeys, who’re grappling with the impact of the economic system, had been chargeable for sponsoring candidates at this degree.

“For the women and men, final 12 months’s registration was larger than this 12 months’s registration this may very well be attributed to so many elements; financial issue is probably the most prevalent issue that perhaps may hinder this huge registration,” he mentioned.

Wushishi additionally refuted claims of NECO registering underage youngsters for the Nationwide Widespread Entrance Examination, clarifying that college students taking part within the examination had been both 10 years previous or left with a month or two to be 10.

On her half, the Everlasting Secretary Federal Ministry of Schooling, Didi Walson-Jack, who gave a basic evaluation of the conduct of the train, expressed satisfaction with what NECO has put in place to make sure a easy and seamless train.

Walson-Jack disclosed that there have been 55 centres writing the NCE within the FCT, stating that all the pieces went on easily and college students had been positioned in conducive examination halls to take a seat for the train.

Additionally talking, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Schooling, Primary and Secondary, Lawal Adamu, mentioned he rolled out NECO and JAMB sponsorship within the state and contributed over N250 million for fogeys to have the ability to pay for NECO and JAMB examinations.

Adamu, who additionally referred to as on Nationwide Meeting members to offer an academic basis for each little one of their constituencies, lauded NECO for the graceful conduct of the train.

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