Prospective candidates wishing to register for the 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) External are hereby notified that registration has begun. Registration is available both offline and online.
Prospective candidates should go to the Council's website neco.gov.ng SSCE External link to find the closest registration point (Cybercafe) and register at any time during the registration period. Candidates can also create an account, buy a registration token, and then register at the registration point.
- Registration requires a passport-sized photograph. The candidate's passport-sized photograph should be no older than SIX MONTHS old and have a white background. The system camera can also be used to take a passport-sized photograph at the time of registration.
- EACH CANDIDATE'S BIOMETRIC FINGERPRINTS WILL BE CAPTURED DURING OFFLINE REGISTRATION.
- CANDIDATES SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THERE WILL BE BIOMETRIC VERIFICATION DURING THE EXAMINATION.
- CANDIDATES WITH MISMATCHED FINGERPRINTS AT THE TIME OF VERIFICATION ARE DEEMED IMPERSONATORS AND WILL BE SANCTIONED IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXTANT LAWS.
REGISTRATION FEE: Seventeen Thousand Eight Hundred Naira (N17,800.00) only plus N50.00 for stamp duty
MODE OF PAYMENT: Candidates or registration points (cyber cafes) are to Visit www.neco.gov.ng and create an account using either their emails or phone numbers, activate the accounts and pay into the NECO TSA through five payment options.
- ATM Card
- Internet Banking
- USSD
- Wallet
- Bank Branch
CANDIDATES ARE TO NOTE THAT SCRATCH CARDS ARE NO LONGER USED FOR ALL NECO TRANSACTIONS
REGISTRATION PERIOD:
I. The registration period begins on August 17, 2022, and ends on November 14, 2022, at 12 a.m.
ii. Late registration, i.e. registration from November 15th to November 19th, 2022, will result in an ADDITIONAL N2,000 (N2,000) fee.
iii. Walk-in registration costs Twenty Thousand Naira (#25,000.00) per candidate and must be completed one day before the scheduled time of the first subject/paper to be taken.
EXAMINATION TIMETABLE AND ATTESTATION PHOTO CARDS:
Each candidate must obtain the following items from the Cyber Cafe after completing the registration process.
- The examination timetable, as well as
- At least one (1) clear copy of the NECO Photo card, which will be used to admit the candidate to the Examination Hall. (Candidates should be aware that non-clear passport-size photographs on photo cards will NOT be accepted in the Examination Hall.)
Any of the following should SIGN AND STAMP the Referee's Attestation section of the Photocard:
a) A recognised Senior Secondary School Principal
b) A Chief Imam or an Ordained Clergyman.
c) A Nigerian Armed Forces or Police Commissioned Officer of not less than the rank of captain
d) A Senior Civil Servant not below GL. 14.
e) A legal practitioner with at least ten years of experience.
CANDIDATES ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THEIR ATTESTATION PHOTO CARDS FOR STAMPING AT THE NECO STATE OFFICE.
CANDIDATES WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT:
Candidates who are blind or visually impaired must register in the same way as everyone else. They must, however, indicate the nature of their disability when entering their bio-data in the offline application during registration.
EXAMINATION CENTERS:
Each state's examination centres have been organised into neighbourhoods. Candidates should select a Neighbourhood within the State where they intend to sit for the Examination, and after uploading their registration data online, they will be assigned a centre within the selected neighbourhood.
AVAILABLE SUBJECTS FOR THE EXAMINATION:
- English Language
- Financial Accounting
- Agricultural Science
- Arabic Language
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK)
- Civic Education
- Commerce
- Economics
- French
- Further Mathematics
- Geography
- Government
- Hausa
- Health Education
- History
- Igbo
- Islamic Studies
- Literature in English
- Mathematics
- Marketing
- Physical Education
- Physics
- Salesmanship
- Stenography
- Store keeping
- Technical Drawing
- Yoruba
GENERAL INFORMATION:
- Once paid, the registration fee is non-refundable.
- The use of reputable cybercafes is strongly advised, as the Council will not be held liable for any registration errors made by candidates. Candidates should double-check all entries made on their behalf by cybercafes in the offline application before allowing the data to be uploaded online. Once the candidate's data is uploaded online, there is only one chance for a correction.
- Candidates and operators of cybercafes should carefully follow the SSCE External link on www.neco.gov.ng.
- Candidates should read the Rules and Regulations as well as the Syllabus before beginning the registration process for instructions on the registration procedure.
- Candidates should be aware that the photograph they upload during the registration process will be embossed on their certificate
- Candidates should check the viability of their examination centres online at least one day before the exam date.
- Smoking In the Examination Hall, GSM phones and other electronic communication devices are not permitted.
- Candidates should dress in mufti, and no one with arms will be allowed into the examination hall.
- It is not permitted to register more than once. Candidates who register multiple times will have their results cancelled.
- Please keep in mind that no candidate will be permitted to enter the Examination Hall after the start of the examination.
- Face masks are required in the exam hall.
- Social and physical distance will be strictly enforced/observed in the examination hall or classroom.
- Each candidate should bring his or her own hand sanitizer to the examination hall or classroom.
- A candidate who exhibits COVID-19 symptoms during the examination will not be allowed to continue until he or she is certified to be medically fit.
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