The National Examination Council (NECO) has withheld the results of over 30,000 candidates in public schools in Niger State, due to the inability of the state government to pay their examination fees.

For many parents and stakeholders in the education sector, the public notice by the National Examination Council (NECO) may well be the start of another unending controversy over who eventually makes it onto the final admission list, and from what region of the country.

National Examination Council (NECO) has released the 2019 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) into unity schools. The registrar, Abubakar Gana, presented the results to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, in Abuja yesterday. According to Gana, 77,832 candidates registered for the examination that took place on April 27, but only 73,347 sat for it. “We…

Inadequate funding, indiscipline, frequent policy changes and miserable remuneration are some of the factors militating against the progress of the education sector in the country ...