The National Examinations Council (NECO) on Tuesday announced a new date for commencement of its 2020 Senior Schools Certificate Examinations, SSCE (external).
NECO spokesman, Azeez Sani, in an issued statement, said the Board has moved the examination scheduled to commence on February 1, 2021 to Monday, February 8, 2021 and end on Wednesday, March 10, 2021.
According to him, The examination which was earlier scheduled to commence on Monday, 1st February, 2021 and end on Wednesday, 3rd March, 2021 will now start on Monday, 8th February, 2021 and end on Wednesday, 10th March, 2021.
The Council hereby informs those candidates, who missed some papers during the 2020 SSCE (Internal) due to the #EndSARS protests in some States, to take note of these new dates and report for the examination accordingly at their various examination centers to be designated.
All candidates are advised to access the revised examination time table on the Councils website: www.neco.gov.ng, he further stated.
The Council had announced that #EndSARS protest had prevented a total of 233,000 candidates from taking the examination in some states, and pledged to accommodate the candidates in the external examination.
