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NECO Shifts Entrance Exams Into Unity Colleges.

Educare News May 21, 2021

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The National Examinations Council (NECO) has shifted the date of the 2021 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) into Federal Unity Colleges to Saturday 5th June 2021.

NECO Head of Information and Public Relations Division, Mr. Azeez Sani in a press statement stated that approval for the exams to be rescheduled was given by the Federal Ministry of Education.

He said: “The Examination, which was initially scheduled for Saturday 29th May 2021, he disclosed, was rescheduled to give states with low registration of candidates the opportunity to register their candidates for the examination.

“All candidates, parents, guardians, and relevant stakeholders are therefore enjoined to take note of the new date for the examination.

“The registration of candidates will continue till the new date of the examination,” he said.

The examination body then urged candidates, parents, and guardians are advised to download the new Examination Time Table from the Council’s website: www.neco.gov.ng.

The Examination, which was initially scheduled for Saturday 29th May 2021, he disclosed, was rescheduled to give states with low registration of candidates the opportunity to register their candidates for the examination.

It would be recalled that NECO had on May 23, 2021, released the results of 39,503 candidates that wrote the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, for External Candidates in Nigeria, with a total of 26,277 candidates obtained five credits and above including English Language and Mathematics.