DAILY POST
The Federal Government has banned underage children from partaking in the National Common Entrance Examination for admission into the Unity Schools across the country.
It also directed the National Examination Council, NECO, to put stringent measures in place to prevent underage persons from registering for the examination, including making birth certificates mandatory as a registration requirement.
This was announced on Saturday by David Andrew Adejo, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education in Abuja.
A total of 72,821 candidates sat for the examination on Saturday nationwide.
Adejo noted that candidates should have attained at least 12 years before admission into secondary school.
The Permanent Secretary monitored the conduct of the 2023 Common Entrance Examination into the 110 Federal Government Colleges across the federation, at both the Federal Government Girls College, Bwari, and Government Day Secondary School, Bwari, in FCT…
