PROF. GODSWILL OBIOMA: A REFORMER BERTHS AT NECO

One was rounding off graduate education at the University Jos when Godswill Obioma was appointed a professor of Mathematics education at a record age of 38. Then, there were students in their 30s still pursuing an undergraduate education in the same institution. So, emerging a professor in his thirties was a stunning achievement, which endeared […]

Ten private schools approved for BECE in Delta State- Commissioner Ukah

Delta State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has approved ten private schools in the state as centres for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) organised by the National Examination Council (NECO). A statement signed by the Commissioner in the ministry, Mr. Patrick Ukah, and made available to TNC on Tuesday revealed this. According to […]

JAMB says varsities, polytechnics, others can start Post-UTME test Sept. 7

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has shifted the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post-UTME) screening for the 2020 admission processes till Sept.7 in universities, polytechnics and colleges of education in the country. The board said the shift in the date of the admission process from the earlier announced Aug. 21 was to accommodate candidates […]

Sack new NECO Registrar, Obioma, replace him with Northern candidate – Northern youths tell Buhari

The Niger State chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgency fire the newly appointed Registrar/Chief Executive of National Examinations Council, Professor Godswill Obioma. The Council urged Buhari to remove Obioma and replace him with a candidate from the host community (Niger state) […]

NECO: Two decades of battling exam malpractice!

Like other societal ills, examination malpractice has wreaked a lot of havoc on the nation. If truth be told, most cases of collapsed buildings, death through medical negligence, drug trafficking, armed robbery, drug adulteration, separatist agitation, kidnapping, insurgency, low quality political leadership as well as other vices bedevilling the society are direct consequences of examination […]