NECO Sacks18 Supervisors over Misconduct, as Council Releases Result

The National Examination Council (NECO) has dismissed 18 supervisors that took part in the June/July Senior Secondary School Examination for alleged ‘gross’ misconduct.

Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Council, Mr. Abubakar Gana, disclosed this in Minna, Niger State, on Tuesday during the release of the results of the examination.

Gana said the supervisors were blacklisted "for various offences ranging from poor supervision, aiding and abetting, connivance with non-candidates to write answers on chalkboard among other offences."

The registrar also disclosed that "inline with the Council zero tolerance for any form of examination malpractice, members of staff of NECO alleged to have behaved contrarily to expectations are to face appropriate disciplinary measures once they fail to satisfactorily defend themselves

"This is the tradition in the Council because last year, all those who compromised were made to appear before a committee to defend themselves, and those who could not do so were punished as appropriate, leading to dismissal in some cases."

The registrar also revealed that three schools in Katsina, Kebbi, and Oyo States each have "been recommended for de- recognition for two years for their involvement in mass cheating/whole centre cases."

He explained that "the increasing level of efficiency in the conduct of NECO examinations is as a result of the achievements made in the Council in the last one year," which included generation and trial testing of quality test items and repositioning of its ICT for effective result delivery.

Gana directed candidates who sat for the examination to check their results on the website from Tuesday.