64,000 candidates sit for 2025 Common Entrance exam
No fewer than 64,000 candidates from Nigeria, Benin Republic, and Togo accept as true with participated within the 2025 National No longer new Entrance Examination (NCEE) for admission into Federal Authorities Colleges, performed by the National Examinations Council (NECO).
Speaking after monitoring the exercise at Mannequin Secondary College, Maitama, and Authorities Secondary College, Tudun Wada, Abuja, the Minister of Declare for Training, Prof. Suwaiba Ahmad, expressed pleasure with the mushy conduct of the examination.
“I’m very pleased with the vogue the checks accept as true with been performed. They started on time, college students had been orderly, and invigilators had been novel and energetic. We had 64,000 candidates, 30,000 male and 34,000 female, which reveals a ambitious passion in our unity colleges,” she acknowledged.
The minister emphasized that the turnout reflects continued public trust within the Cohesion Colleges procedure.
“Nigerians are smooth enthralling to accept as true with their kids in Federal Authorities Colleges. This turnout reveals that individuals smooth definitely worth the characteristic of unity colleges in nationwide cohesion,” she added.
Also speaking, NECO Registrar, Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi, confirmed that Lagos Declare recorded the highest quantity of registered candidates with over 15,000, while the Republic of Togo had the bottom with 17 candidates.
“We had about 109 candidates from Benin Republic and Togo mixed, all Nigerian voters residing there. Right here's a definitely regional exercise that affirms the attain and recognition of our unity colleges,” he acknowledged.
Wushishi illustrious that no challenges had been reported all over the conduct of the exam.
“Materials arrived on time, the exam started as scheduled, and to date, we’ve seen no factors. This mushy route of affords us hope that upcoming senior secondary checks, each and each WAEC and NECO, will note trot well with,” he acknowledged.
The NECO boss additionally acknowledged the inclusion of kids with special desires, assuring that lodging admire braille materials and reinforce personnel had been offered.
On her phase, the Director of Senior Secondary Training on the Federal Ministry of Training, Binta Abdulkadir, acknowledged admissions into unity colleges will most likely be in step with benefit, declare quota, and exigency, the latter catering largely to kids of civil servants.
“Final admissions will count on the released outcomes, but we remain dedicated to a supreme and inclusive route of,” she illustrious.
