NECO: Candidates are tested on different sets of questions – Min for State, Prof Ahmad

The Federal Government says the National Examinations Council’s, NECO, Computer-Based Test, CBT, has dealt a large stroke to introspection malpractice, with candidates receiving antithetic sets of questions since the introspection began.

The Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Ahmad, stated this connected Wednesday portion monitoring the ongoing Senior School Certificate Examination astatine Redeemers successful Abuja.

According to her, feedback from candidates showed that astir candidates similar the CBT format to the accepted paper-based introspection and confirmed that the tests commenced connected docket without method glitches.

“The CBT makes connection betwixt candidates intolerable and is 1 of the champion ways of tackling introspection malpractice,” she said.

Ahmad added that the Federal Government would lone instrumentality afloat CBT nationwide aft putting the indispensable infrastructure successful spot to guarantee nary pupil is disadvantaged.

Also speaking, NECO Registrar, Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi, said the assembly had recorded nary method hitch since the introspection began.

He disclosed that 1,378,048 candidates registered for the 2026 Senior School Certificate Examination, adding that the results are expected to beryllium released by the archetypal week of September to enactment the 2026 admittance process.

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