NECO announces shift in 2020 SSCE date

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced new dates for the 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination, SSCE (External).

The examination, which was earlier scheduled to commence on Monday 1st February, 2021 and end on Wednesday 3rd March, 2021, will now start on Monday 8th February, 2021 and end on Wednesday 10th March, 2021.

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The Head, Information and Public Relations Division of the council, Azeez Sani, in a statement on Tuesday, said the shift is following the requests by candidates to be given more time to complete their registration process.

He said: “The Council hereby informs those candidates, who missed some papers during the 2020 SSCE (Internal) due to the ENDSARS protests in some states, to take note of these new dates and report for the examination accordingly at their various examination centers to be designated.”

While noting that all candidates, stakeholders and the general public are to take note of the above information, he said, all candidates are advised to access the revised Examination Time Table on the Council’s website: www.neco.gov.ng