Minister of Education Malam Adamu Adamu recently announced the cancellation of the second interview test for the National Common Entrance Examination, NCEE. A statement by the Federal Ministry of Education said cancellation of the interview test would take effect from the 2017/2018 academic year. The statement said the minister could not establish the rationale for a second test for NCEE organized by the National Examinations Council, NECO.
Adamu was quoted as describing the second test as an unnecessary additional burden on parents and guardians. He said "the era of multiple examinations attracting prohibitive fees cannot be accommodated by the President Buhari-led administration." This, according to the minister, "is against the backdrop of government's determination to increase access to education as a platform for breaking the circle of poverty." The minister then directed NECO to strengthen its procedures and instruments for the administration of all examinations conducted by it with a view to achieving quality and credible examination results in the first NCEE test for admitting candidates into federal unity schools. Malam Adamu also said multiple examinations do not necessarily translate into admission of quality pupils into secondary schools.
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