Why Pupils Below 17 Can’t Take WASSCE, NECO Exams, Tinubu’s Minister Explains
- The minister of education, Tahir Mamman, has disclosed a new year qualification to sit for WASSCE, NECO
- Mamman said no candidate below the age of 17 will be allowed to sit the Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE)
- He explained the reason for the new guideline for SSCE examination during an interview over the weekend
Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 5 years of experience covering basic and tertiary education in Nigeria and worldwide
FCT, Abuja - The minister of education, Tahir Mamman, said no candidate below the age of 17 will be allowed to sit for the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO).
Mamman said pupils are expected to spend five years in early childhood education, six years in primary schools and six years in secondary school.
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Why under-17 Pupils can’t take WASSCE, NECO
The professor of law stated this while speaking on a Channels Television programme in Abuja, on Sunday, August 25.
As reported by Premium Times, he said according to Nigerian law:
“From early childcare to primary school, then Junior secondary school, and then senior secondary school, you end up with 17 and a half.”
The minister further stated that:
“NECO and WAEC henceforth will not be allowing underage children to write their examinations.
“In other words, if somebody has not spent the requisite number of years in that particular level of study, no sitting for WAEC and NECO will not allow them to write the examinations,”
WAEC announces opening of portal for 2025 WASSCE
Legit.ng recalls that the WAEC school recognition portal will soon be active for interested proprietors across Nigeria to submit their applications.
Legit.ng reports that the platform is used by WAEC Nigeria to register schools that have been inspected by designated staff of the council.
Apart from the WAEC school recognition portal, learning institutes are invited to submit the continuous assessment
Teenager clears WASSCE with flying colours
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that it was another win for 16-year-old, Nwokoro Munachimso Nnanna, who cleared his 2024 WASSCE results.
Nwokoro had six As, two B3s and one B2 from nine subjects in the just-released 2024 May/June WASSCE.
The award-winning teenager who scored 345 in the 2024 UTME just graduated from the Federal Government Academy Suleja
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