Abuja – The 2015 National Common Entrance
Examinations into secondary schools scheduled for
March 21 has been postponed till April 25. Mr Abdul Mustapha, the Abuja Liaison Officer of the
National Examination Council (NECO) disclosed this
in an interview with NAN on Thursday in Abuja. Mustapha said that postponement was necessitated
by the anxieties of parents ahead of the general
elections rescheduled to hold on March 28 and April
11. According to him, registration for the examination will
continue until April 18. ”The idea of postponement was brought by the
ministry and after consultations with the council, we
decided to shift it. ”There are some concerns as to whether parents will
leave their children in schools with the uncertainties
ahead of the elections. ” Mustapha said it would be better to write the exam
in a relaxed atmosphere after the elections. A parent, Mrs Bridget Emoha, said the postponement
was a welcome development as parents would like to
have their wards at home during the election period. “This is a good move from NECO; the extension of
registration will enable candidates who had not
registered to do so before the new date,’’ Emoha said. Another parent, Mr Benjamin Ikpegbu, said the
candidates for common entrance were still very young
children who should not write examination in a tensed
atmosphere. According to him, the general situation of things in the
country will be calmer and more conducive for
examinations after the elections. (NAN). Vanguard newspaper