Over 74,000 Candidates Registered for 2023 SSCE, Says NECO Registrar

Kuni Tyessi in Abuja

No fewer than 74,819 candidates are participating in the ongoing 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for external candidates nationwide, the Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, has said.

Speaking yesterday while monitoring the examination at Government Science Secondary School, Gombe in Gombe State, Wushishi, disclosed that reports received from the various centres across the country indicated that the examination was going on smoothly.

He admonished candidates to shun examination malpractice, noting that various measures have been put in place to check the menace.
The Registrar who is on a nationwide monitoring of the examination, said the Council has put in place necessary measures to ensure that the examination is seamless.

“I can tell you that from our records, not less than 74,819 candidates are participating in the ongoing 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for External candidates nationwide.

“So far, reports received from the various centres across the country have indicated that the examination is going on smoothly.
“I advise all candidates to shun examination malpractice because the council has put various measures in place to check the menace,” he said.

The 2023 SSCE External, which started on Monday, November 20, 2023, will end on December 20, 2023.