The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced that it has expanded its global presence to Burkina Faso, following the successful accreditation of schools to write the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) and the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Country.
In a press statement by the Acting Director, Information and Public Relations, Azeez Sani, the NECO accreditation team has already visited the Schools in Burkina to assess their readiness to write the SSCE and BECE.
According to Sani, the Accreditation Team has inspected Classrooms, Laboratories, Libraries, Computer Laboratories, workshops, Examination Halls, Sport facilities, Continuous Assessment (CA) as well as adequacy of teachers and school security to determine their adequacy, suitability and readiness for NECO Examinations.
The accreditation of the schools in Burkina Faso is a testament to NECO’s commitment to providing quality education and assessment beyond the shores of Nigeria.
With its expanding global presence, NECO is poised to become a leading examination body in Africa, offering opportunities for Nigerian students and other foreign nationals Worldwide to benefit from its expertise, thus contributing to the advancement of education in Africa and beyond.
Recall that NECO recently established an examination centre in London, United Kingdom, in addition to the existing centres in Togo, Benin Republic, Niger Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, and the Kingdom of Saudi-Arabia.
In a related development, the Ambassador of Nigeria to Burkina Faso, Ambassador M.D Galadima has commended NECO for expanding its tentacles to Burkina Faso.
Galadima made the commendation during a courtesy visit by the NECO Accreditation Team to the Nigerian Embassy in Ouagadougou, where he disclosed that Nigerian parents in Burkina Faso had long faced challenges due to differences in the educational system and the lack of English-based schools in the Country.
He stated that “Previously, parents had to take their children to Saki, Oyo State, to register and write the examination, exposing students and parents to security risks during travel and placing a heavy financial burden on families and school proprietors.”
The Ambassador noted that the accreditation of schools in Burkina Faso will help eliminate such risks and financial burden on both the parents and school owners, urging the Nigerian community in Burkina Faso to key into the opportunity provided by NECO by registering their children for the SSCE and BECE.
Earlier, the leader of the NECO Accreditation Team, Uche Ezenwanne, said the accreditation of schools in Burkina Faso will provide an opportunity for Nigerian students resident in the Country to write both SSCE and BECE without travelling back to Nigeria, thereby strengthening NECO’s position as Africa’s foremost examination body.
Editor: Ebuwa Omo-Osagie
