Over 69,000 Candidates Sit For NECO Exams

Over 69,000 candidates sat for the 2022 National Common Entrance Examination for admissions into the 110 Federal Government Colleges otherwise known as Unity Schools in the country.

Minister of Education Malam Adamu Adamu, who observed the exercise in Abuja alongside Registrar of National Examination Council (NECO), Professor Dantani Wushishi and some top officials of the Ministry, commended NECO for the smooth conduct of the examination held across the nation.

The monitoring team were at the Goverment Secondary School, Lubge, Junior Secondary School, Federal Housing Authority, Lugbe and Federal Government Secondary School, Kwali, Abuja.

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The Minister who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Mr David Adejo Andrew noted that the monitoring exercise was to see what was happening in the examination centres in line with the determination of Federal Ministry of Education in ensuring that only the best are admitted into the Unity Colleges, stressing that admissions into the schools were highly competitive because of over subscription by candidates.