BREAKING: FG Bans SSS1, SSS2 Students From Taking External WASSCE, NECO, NABTEB

Students in Senior Secondary School one and two are no longer allowed to apply for and take the external West African Senior School Certificate Examination, the National Examination Council, or the National Business and Technical Examinations Board.

This was stated in a circular sent to federal unity school principals by the Federal Ministry of Education.

It was signed by the ministry’s Director Senior Secondary Education, Hajia Binta Abdulkadir, and was titled In the circular with no: FME/DBSE/US/DOC/III/16.

Ben Bem Goong, the Director of Press and Public Relations, verified the circular on Friday.

Any SSS One and Two students who took the examinations risked being expelled by the authorities.

This, according to the education ministry, will help to maintain decorum and raise educational standards in schools.

The circular read, “The ministry’s attention has been drawn to the flagrant disregard to its directive on (the) writing of external examinations such as NABTEB (NTC and NBC), WASSCE, NECO (SSCE) by SS1 and SS2 students.

“Students who are involved in the practice find it difficult to settle down on serious studies. They become unruly and distract other students from achieving their goals.

“Any student caught to have written any of the above examinations in SS1 or SS2 classes will be expelled from the college. All students must write these examinations after they have been duly registered for the examination by the college.

“All students of Federal Unity College should adhere strictly to the content of this circular. And Principals are advised to bring the content of this circular to the knowledge of all parents of the college.”