Why NECO Is Conducting Another Exam After Common Entrance.....

In order for candidates who pass its Common Entrance Examination to be selected for admission into Federal Government Colleges on merit, the National Examinations Council, NECO, has said it will conduct another test. On Saturday, through a representative, Daniel Uwaezuoke, the Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, made the announcement during a monitoring exercise of the ongoing Common Entrance examination in some schools in Abuja.
In order for government to fulfill its promise that 60 per cent of admissions into Federal Government Colleges were on merit, government has designed this program, Mr. Uwaezuoke, the Director, Basic and Secondary Education at the Federal Ministry of Education said. Also, he said 40 per cent of the students will be allocated on the basis of quota system.
He said the increase in enrolment this year was an indication that NECO was getting to a stage of perfection in conducting examinations and that parents were beginning to have confidence in the body.

The NECO registrar, Promise Okpala, who also spoke on the occasion said that government has resolved to ensure not only access but also quality in enrolment at all levels of education.
According to Mr. Okpala, the increase in enrolment this year was a proof of parents’ confidence in the quality of education service offered by the schools.
He further stated that a total of 95,926 candidates registered for the Common Entrance Examination into Federal Government Colleges in 2014 as against 88,444 in 2013.