NECO Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Professor Godswill Obioma disclosed this during a media briefing at the Council’s Headquarters in Minna, the Niger State capital.
The NECO Registrar noted that the body has rolled out guidelines to enable schools prepare for conduct of the exams.
The guidelines include preparing examination centers and schools in compliance with COVID-19 protocols; decontamination of examination centers and schools; maintaining prescribed physical and social distancing protocols by candidates and examination officials.
Others include the provision of water and hand washing facilities, sanitizers and face masks by school proprietors, managers, parents and guardians as the case may be; as well as use of water, hand washing facilities, sanitizers and face masks by school proprietors, managers, parents/guardians, examination officials candidates and security officials.
Professor Obioma said so far, only one hundred and sixty nine thousand, one hundred and forty four students have registered for the Senior School Certificate Examination.
NECO examination will start on October 5 and end on November 18.
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