The Governing Board of the National Examinations Council (NECO) has resolved that the 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations (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.
This is coming after a Special Meeting held on Thursday, 22nd October 2020 where the board reviewed the on-going 2020 SSCE(Internal) nationwide.
The Council had in a press release, dated 21st October 2020, informed the general public of the rescheduling of some papers of the 2020 on-going SSCE.
In making this decision, the Board noted that “due to these security challenges: Some state governments imposed curfew and closed schools in order to safeguard lives and property.
“In the circumstances, it has become difficult for the Council to move examination materials across the country and students in the affected locations were unable to sit for the papers already scheduled in the examination time table,” the statement read.
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 stakeholders, the Council said it took the decision in order to maintain the integrity and security of its examination procedures for the seamless conduct of the Council’s examination.
