Parents and Guardians have taken to microblogging platform Twitter to express concerns and vent displeasure over the indefinite Postponement of NECO Examinations.
NECO in a statement released on Sunday announced that the ongoing Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE) have been indefinitely postponed in view of the current security challenges occasioned by #EndSARS protests.
It is worthwhile to note that the indefinite postponement comes after the council had earlier rescheduled some papers of the 2020 SSCE, citing the imposition of curfews by various state government to be responsible for the council’s inability to deliver examination materials to some states.
See some of the reactions to the announcement below.
https://twitter.com/adoye4me/status/1320381136141471745
Well noted but remember that some candidates will make use of the results for university education this year. So when ever you are rescheduling the exams you should bear in mind the following: 1) shorten the time for the exams by writing two subjects in a day
— Ven Prof benchuks okeke phd (v) (@BenchuksO) October 25, 2020
The council should consider next year early January for safety of their staffs or work out an alternative within two weeks to ascertain the entire security of country with the ongoing agitation and violence attack pls @Neconigeria @MobilePunch
— 👁️🇳🇬👁️ 💦🥷👁️⌛ (@Lewis0075) October 25, 2020
Mr Azeez Sani
Head of information and public relations division… For NECO
You are very poor in executing your duties effectively.
You are a typical example of a square peg in a round hole.— Brave (@BraveDeltan) October 25, 2020
https://twitter.com/2020Endsarsnow/status/1320394343631519748
This is Nigeria
— Abdul Maleeq @🇳🇬 (@AbdulMa68994311) October 25, 2020
A copy of the full statement issued by Azeez Sani, Head of NECO’s Information and Public Relation Division reads:
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.
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.
In making this decision, the Board noted that due to these security challenges:
a. Some state governments imposed curfew and closed schools in order to safeguard lives and property;
b. In the circumstances, it has become difficult for the Council to move examination materials across the country;
c. Students in the affected locations were unable to sit for the papers already scheduled in the examination time table.
The Governing Board further 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.
