The National Examinations Council, NECO, has declared examination-free week from the ongoing Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, to enable Muslim faithfuls celebrate the Sallah festival.
NECO’s Head of Information and Public Relations Division, Azeez Sani, said in a statement on Monday that beginning from Friday, 8th July to Wednesday, 13th July, 2022 there would be no SSCE.
Sani clarified that NECO has not scheduled any examination for Saturday, 9th July, 2022, adding that the clarification became necessary following insinuations from some quarters that the exam body had scheduled examination for that day.
“This is contrary to insinuations in some quarters that the Council has scheduled examination for 9th July, 2022, which is Sallah Day (Eid- Adha).
“Conscious of the importance of religious festivals, the Council has always made adequate provision for such in fixing examination dates.
“The Council has given a whole examination free week, beginning from Friday, 8th July to Wednesday, 13th July, 2022 in the On-going Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, for School based candidates to enable Muslim faithful have enough time to celebrate the festival,” he said.
It would be recalled that the 2022 SSCE, for school based candidates commenced on 27th June, and will end on 12th August, 2022.