The National Examinations Council (NECO) has postponed indefinitely the on-going 2020 SSCE examination.

According to a statement by the Head, Information and Public Relations Division of NECO, Azeez Sani

”The Governing Board of the National Examinations Council (NECO) at its Special Meeting held on Thursday, 22nd October, 2020 reviewed the on-going 2020 SSCE(Internal) nationwide. The Council had in a press release, dated 21st October 2020, informed the general public of rescheduling some papers of the 2020 on-going SSCE”.

He said, arising from that meeting, the Governing Board resolved that the 2020 SSCE (Internal) be postponed indefinitely in view of the current security challenges, occasioned by the ENDSARS protests, which disrupted the smooth conduct of the examinations in some parts of the country.

The  Board noted that due to the current security challenges in the country, Some state governments imposed curfew and closed schools in order to safeguard lives and property, the situation  has made it  difficult for the Council to move examination materials across the country as students in the affected locations were unable to sit for the papers already scheduled in the examination time table.
The  Governing Board however, resolved, that when normalcy returns, the Council will continue with the conduct of the examinations in all States. 
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.