The National Examinations Council, NECO, has postponed indefinitely, the ongoing Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations taking place across the country.
The council hinged its decision on the state of insecurity that resulted from EndSARS protest.
The situation led to the imposition of curfew in different states of the federation.
The announcement of the postponement was made on Sunday by the council’s Head of Information and Public Relations Division NECO, Azeez Sani, in a statement.
According to the council, the state of insecurity had made it impossible for the continuation of the examination.
The statement reads in part: “The Governing Board of the National Examinations Council at its Special Meeting held on Thursday, 22nd October, 2020 reviewed the on-going 2020 SSCE (internal) nationwide. The Council had in a press release, dated 21st October 2020, informed the general public of rescheduling some papers of the 2020 on-going SSCE.
“Arising from that meeting, today (Sunday) the Governing Board resolved that the 2020 SSCE (Internal) be postponed indefinitely in view of the current security challenges, occasioned by the ENDSARS protests, which disrupted the smooth conduct of the examinations in some parts of the country.
“In making this decision, the Board noted that due to these security challenges, some state governments imposed curfew and closed schools in order to safeguard lives and property.
“In the circumstances, it has become difficult for the council to move examination materials across the country and students in the affected locations were unable to sit for the papers already scheduled in the examination time table.”
