The National Examination Council says No fewer than 74,819 candidates are participating in the on-going 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE for External candidates nation-wide.
NECO Registrar, Professor Dantani Wushishi disclosed this on saturday, while monitoring the examination at Government Science Secondary School Gombe, Gombe State.
Professor Wushishi disclosed that reports received from the various centres across the Country indicate that the examination is going on smoothly.
NECO encourages candidates to shun examination malpractice, noting that various measures have been put in place to check the menace.
The Registrar who is on a nation-wide monitoring of the examination, said the Council has put in place necessary measures to ensure that the examination is seamless.
The 2023 SSCE External which started on Monday, November 20, 2023 is expected to end on December 20, 2023.
The Candidates are to sit for the examination in 29 different subjects.
Editor: Ena Agbanoma
