The exams are of two different categories. One is for candidates in the third and final year of their senior secondary education and it is called SSCE Internal while the Second is SSCE External and is for candidates not in the School system, i.e. Private Candidates.
The SSCE internal has seventy-six subjects which are grouped into the following six types:
1. Compulsory Cross-Cutting Subjects
2. Science and Mathematics
3. Technology
4. Humanities
5. Business Studies and
6. Trade/Entrepreneurship.
2018/2019 NECO REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
- ELIGIBILITY FOR REGISTRATION
Principals of Schools are hereby informed that only candidates in their final year of the Senior Secondary School (i.e. SS3) are eligible for registration.
To clear you of all doubt, the June/July 2018/2019 NECO is meant for only school based candidates in Nigeria and overseas. It is not meant for private candidates. Principals of Schools and Ministries of Education should endeavor to enforce the eligibility condition.
2. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
The registration comprises of two types:
– Offline Registration
– Offline and Online Registration.
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Schools are expected to follow the instructions explaining the various steps on how to go about the two stages of Registration Procedures using the Compact Disc (CD-Rom).
1. COMPACT DISC (CD-ROM)
All School Principals are to collect CD-Rom from NECO Offices in their respective States as from the date to be communicated.
2. NECO 2018/2019 REGISTRATION FEE
Registration fee for 2018/2019 June/July NECO is 11, 350.00 (Eleven Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty Naira) per candidate.
3. COMPLETION OF ENTRY SCHEDULE AND PURCHASE OF ONLINE SCRATCH CARDS.
1. Entry Schedule will no longer be filled manually. The print-out from the Offline Registration will serve as Entry Schedule and submitted at point of purchase of online Pin Number/Scratch Cards.
2. Online Pin Number/Scratch Cards are to be purchased at respective NECO State Offices.
3. Schools shall submit to the NECO State Office the following:
- Evidence of payment made into NECO Treasury Single Account (TSA) from any of the Commercial Banks for the total number of candidates presented.
- The printed Entry Schedule dully endorsed by the State Ministries of Education.
4. The above should be submitted latest by February, 2018/2019 to be able to collect online e-Registration cards.
5. Offline to Online Registration;Schools shall thereafter use the Offline Registration data and the Scratch Card/Pin Number acquired to login into NECO e-Registration website using the facilities of any good cyber-café to obtain Registration data of their candidates.
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NECO OFFICIAL WEBSITE/PORTAL
The website is www.mynecoexams.com
6. All schools (Except Federal Government Institutions) must have their printed Entry Schedules endorsed by the relevant Department of the State Ministries of Education. Private schools are not exempted from this condition.
7. Schools are to print-out Subject Summary/Analysis after completion of Registration and submit a copy along with other credential to the State Office.
8. Schools should endeavor to monitor their registration process properly to minimize errors.
MINIMUM NUMBER OF CANDIDATES
The minimum number of candidates to be registered by a school is 20 (Twenty). Any school registering less than twenty candidates shall pay a fine of 40, 000.00 (Forty Thousand Naira) Only.
PHOTO ALBUMS
Schools shall download their Photo Albums online.
RETURN OF COMPLETED REGISTRATION CREDENTIALS
All School Principals should return a copy of the downloaded online data of registered candidates to NECO Office in their respective States as this will serve the purpose of Validation List. Schools should make sure that they effect all corrections before submitting candidates’ data online. The printed validation list must be endorsed by the School Principal and Examination Officer.
REGISTRATION PERIOD AND CLOSING DATE
All Schools should input the 1st and 2nd year Continuous Assessment (CA)
During the offline registration and later upload the 3rd year CA using the back-up template saved during the offline registration. Please note that 3rd year CA will no longer be filled manually.
GUIDE ON HOW TO APPLY FOR NECO 2018/2019
The minimum number of subjects a candidate can sit for is eight while the maximum is nine. All Senior Secondary schools in the Federation present Candidates for the SSCE Internal.