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No fewer than 78,378 pupils are participating in the ongoing 2017 National Common Entrance Examination across the country, according to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu. The minister disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja during a visit to some centres in the Federal Capital Territory. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that prospective students for the Junior Secondary School (JSS) I of the 104 Unity Colleges in the country sat for the examination organised by the National Examinations Council (NECO).Mr. Adamu, who commended NECO for a hitch-free exercise, said: “The exam is taking place all over the country but in Borno and Adamawa, the exam is restricted to places that are free from the activities of the insurgents. “With what I am seeing in this centre and if all places are like this, I think I am satisfied. We will try to make the pupils more comfortable in future exams. ”Mr. Adamu said the number of successful candidates in the examination would determine the number of candidates to be admitted into the government secondary schools.“ It is the performance that will determine the cut-off mark and how many will be admitted into the secondary schools.“ After the exam, there will also be interviews based on the performance of the pupils,” the minister said. Charles Uwakwe, the registrar of NECO, said there was an improvement in the conduct of this year’s exam compared to the 2016 exercise. According to him, the examination is taking place in all the states including the North-Eastern part ofthe country with adequate security in place.He said the examination recorded the highest enrollment of pupils from Lagos State with 24,816 candidates, while Kebbi was the least with 63 candidates. He added that a foreign centre was established in Cotonou, Republic of Benin, to accommodate pupils from the region. The result of the examination will be given to the Federal Ministry of Education on April 12 for onward release to the public, said Mr. Uwakwe. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondents, who monitored the exam which started at 9.40 a.m., reports that the exercise was hitch-free at Government Secondary School, WuseZone 3 and Tudun Wada Secondary School in Zone 4, Abuja. Pupils, who turned out in large numbers, wore their school uniforms. Parents and guardians were also seen waiting patiently for their children and wards to finish the exam. (NAN)




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lalastica,mnd44,seun.Fp pls

Kebbi with a population of more than four million? I weep for the North (Nigeria, ultimately).

What exactly does the commissioners of education in Northern Muslim states do?

big lie!!! 63 candidates in a state that has almost 4million people?

no credible link. in fact no link at all. even if there is a link this is impossible.

onyenze123:
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/228314-common-entrance-lagos-records-24816-candidates-highest-kebbi-63-least.html

I still don't believe. 63 o. not even 630 or 6300.

Jaideyone:
big lie!!! 63 candidates in a state that has almost 4million people?

no credible link. in fact no link at all. even if there is a link this is impossible.

That link really shut you up

Jaideyone:
I still don't believe. 63 o. not even 630 or 6300.

Who cares what you choose to believe or not

onyenze123:
Kebbi with a population of more than four million? I weep for the North (Nigeria, ultimately).

Out of the 64, 45 may be southerners living in Kebbi state.

Whole of KEBBI STATE with 63 candidate? A truly sign that WESTERN EDUCATION IS A TABOO to the northers.

A direct result of decades of brainwashing and disdain for western education.

My consolation is that, when these core Northerners actually want to go to school, they do really well.

Sometimes I wonder who are the Nigerians? Oga luggard weh don sir.

GreyLaw:
My consolation is that, when these core Northerners actually want to go to school, they do really well.

Big lie.

If it's just to learn the basics and then get shipped to a comfy federal civil service job, the northerners will quickly advance than their southern counterparts not due to their academic prowess or professionalism but because of connections.

How many northerners are working in technical or scientific positions in private firms?

Well maybe Kebbi doesn't have 4 million people

An evidence that 200+ taken SSCE science course in CHIBOK (single school) is SCAM?

Jaideyone:
I still don't believe. 63 o. not even 630 or 6300.

Believe whatever you like. The fact has been presented. No wonder Sanusi has been complaining recently.

Sunnynwa:
Out of the 64, 45 may be southerners living in Kebbi state.

Well, western education is a sin

And any boy from Kebbi state who score about 35% has a higher chance of being admitted into Kings College, Lagos than another boy from most states in the southern region who scores 70% and this in the name of quota system.

Pavore9:
And any boy from Kebbi state who score about 35% has a higher chance of being admitted into Kings College, Lagos than another boy from most states in the southern region who scores 70% and this in the name of quota system.

Pathetic.

The future of this country is dim. In 10years time, we shall be discussing epileptic power supply while America and its allies will be discussing on how to reduce duration of traveling to Mars

onyenze123:
Pathetic.

The future of this country is dim. In 10years time, we shall be discussing epileptic power supply while America and its allies will be discussing on how to reduce duration of traveling to Mars

I know of a boy from Gombe, who scored 72 in the 2013 national common entrance and got admitted into Kings College but another boy from Imo who scored 131 didn't get admitted because he didn't not meet the "cut off mark" of his home state!

BlowBack:
That link really shut you up

get lost ignorant one. the link wasn't there before

onyenze123:
Believe whatever you like. The fact has been presented. No wonder Sanusi has been complaining recently.

still don't believe. just my opinion though

BlowBack:
Who cares what you choose to believe or not

I'm entitled to my own opinion. if you don't like the fact that I don't believe then feel free to jump into the lagoon. some f you gullible people just swallow every rubbish you see in the news. how will a whole state have just 63 candidates for common entrance? and you believe that? like I said earlier if you don't like my opinion use the lagoon

Jaideyone:
I'm entitled to my own opinion. if you don't like the fact that I don't believe then feel free to jump into the lagoon. some f you gullible people just swallow every rubbish you see in the news. how will a whole state have just 63 candidates for common entrance? and you believe that? like I said earlier if you don't like my opinion use the lagoon

Take your grouse up with the useless apc anointed minister of education

Jaideyone:
still don't believe. just my opinion though

Opinions are like arseh0les. Everyone has one and every other stinks!

Your useless opinion can not refute facts!

BlowBack:
Opinions are like arseh0les. Everyone has one and every other stinks!

Your useless opinion can not refute facts!

facts indeed. gullible one. stop quoting me. don't you have gala to sell?

Jaideyone:
facts indeed. gullible one. stop quoting me. don't you have gala to sell?

The source is the Ministry of Education signed by the Minister of Education a fellow northerner.

Stop deceiving yourself

GreyLaw:
AMy consolation is that, when these core Northerners actually want to go to school, they do really well.

they do? news to me.