NECO releases timetable for 2020 examinations

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has revealed the timetable and guidelines for 2020 examinations conduct for Senior Secondary 3 students.

NECO Registrar/Chief Executive Officer, Professor Godswill Obioma made this known on Tuesday during a press conference which briefing was entitle: “Making the Conduct Of Public Examinations Work in the COVID-19 Era.”

The conference was head at the NECO’s Headquarters in Minna, capital of Niger State.

This is coming two weeks after the Federal Government released a comprehensive schedule for various national examinations for final classes which are: Junior Secondary School (JSS) 3 and Senior Secondary School (SSS) 3.

The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajuiba, who revealed this on July 29 in Abuja after a series of meetings with chief executives of examination bodies in the country disclosed that NECO examination will commence on October 5 and end on November 18.

He said, the National Business and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB) examinations will start on September 21 and end on October 15.

“Other details of the schedule indicate that the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations, for SS3, conducted by NECO will start on October 5 and end on November 18, 2020,” Nwajuiba said.

He explained that the Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) for JSS 3 students, also conducted by NECO, will start on August 24 and end on September 7.