Following the recent release of the 2021 NECO
Examination results which had many schools and their students emerge in flying
colors and lauded with positive compliments as such; one of the states that
provided the best results was Cross-Rivers State and in the light of this, the
Governor made a rather shocking decision.
Cross River State Governor, Professor
Ben Ayade who expressed satisfaction with the performance of Cross River
Indigenes in NECO SSCE in the last five years, said there was therefore the
need for the state to key-in into all NECO conducted examinations, hence, he gave
the approval following a request made to that effect by the Registrar/Chief
Executive of NECO, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi during a courtesy
visit to the governor in Calabar.
The council, in a statement by its Head of
Information and Public Relations Division, Mr Azeez Sani, said it has secured
the approval of the Cross River State Government to make all public
examinations conducted by NECO compulsory for all public schools in the state.
The examinations involved are the National
Common Entrance Examination (NCEE), Basic Education Certificate
Examination (BECE) and the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) in all
their schools.
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has
commenced nationwide advocacy as part of plans to make its examinations
compulsory in schools across the 36 states of the federation and Federal
Capital Territory (FCT).
The national examination body riding on the
crest of the recent approval by the Ebonyi State Governor, Engr. Dave Umahi,
for the NECO examination to be compulsory in his State, has begun to approach
other State Governors with similar request.