By Godfrey AKON
The National Examinations Council, NECO, has concluded arrangements to conduct the Senior School Certificate Examinations, SSCE, Internal in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Acting Director of Information and Digital Communication at NECO, Mr Azeez Sani, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.
Sani said the approval of the new exam centre, followed the successful accreditation of the Nigeria International School, Jeddah by a powerful NECO delegation, led by the Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Tanko Sununu, and the Registrar of NECO, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi.
NECO has other International Examination Centres in Togo, Benin Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Niger and Republic of Gabon, and that of Saudi Arabia would be the first outside the African continent.
Sani explained that during the visit, the delegation undertook an assessment of the school facilities and had an Interactive session with the Management and Staff of the school.
While addressing staff and students of the school, the minister urged them to continue to be good ambassadors of Nigeria not only in Saudi Arabia but the entire Gulf States Cooperation Council.
He noted that after a careful assessment of the school’s learning facilities such as Examination Halls, Class rooms, Laboratories, Library, Curriculum and syllabus as well as the general security of the school, the Nigeria International School Jeddah was found worthy of consideration as an International Centre for NECO SSCE Internal, and was consequently granted full accreditation.
On his part, the Registrar of NECO, Prof. Wushishi, who gave a brief history on the evolution of NECO, explained to the management and staff of the school the importance of school accreditation, which he said was to ensure that schools have adequate teaching and learning facilities conducive for examinations.
The statement noted that the delegation was earlier received on arrival at the School by the Consular General, Ambassador Bello Kazaure and the Proprietor of the School, Alhaji Abdulkadir Maikudi and other Staff of the School.
