Posted on: 10:43 Tue, 02 Feb 2016

National Examinations Council, NECO:
Guidelines for the 2016 June/July Senior
School Certificate Examination (SSCE)
Registration. Registration fee for 2016 June/
July SSCE is N11,350.00 (Eleven Thousand
Three Hundred and Fifty Naira) only per
candidate.



ELIGIBILITY FOR REGISTRATION
Principals/Commandants of Schools are
hereby informed that only candidates in their
final year of the Senior Secondary School (i.e.
SS3) are eligible for registration. For the
avoidance of doubt, the 2016 June/July SSCE
is meant for only school based candidates in
Nigeria and overseas. It is not meant for
private candidates. Principals/Commandants
of Schools and Ministries of Education should
endeavour to enforce the eligibility condition.

REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
The registration will be strictly on-line, using
the cards purchased from respective NECO
State Offices. Registration can be done on the
website at anytime within the stipulated
registration period using the facilities of any
reputable cyber cafe.

The following are the registration procedures
for Principals/Commandants of Schools
presenting bona-fide candidates for
examination in 2016.

ENTRY SCHEDULES AND SUBJECT ANALYSIS
FORMS
School Principals/Commandants are to collect
Entry Schedules and Subject Analysis Forms
for their SS3 candidates from NECO Offices in
their respective States as from Monday, 18 th
January, 2016.

REGISTRATION FEE
Registration fee for 2016 June/July SSCE is
N11,350.00 (Eleven Thousand Three Hundred
and Fifty Naira) only per candidate.

COMPLETION OF ENTRY SCHEDULE AND
PURCHASE OF ON-LINE SCRATCH CARDS
The carbonized entry schedules are to be
completed in duplicate and submitted at point
of purchase of on-line scratch cards.

On-line Pin Number/Scratch Cards are to be
purchased at the respective NECO State
Offices.

Schools shall submit to the NECO State
Office the following:

1. Evidence of payment made into NECO
Treasury Single Account (TSA) from
any of the Commercial Banks for the
total number of candidates presented.

2. Completed original and duplicate
copies of the Entry Schedules duly
endorsed by the State Ministry of
Education

3. Completed subject analysis forms
Items 1, 2 and 3 above should be submitted
latest by Monday 15th February, 2016 to be
able to collect on-line E-Registration cards.

Schools shall thereafter, use the scratch
cards to register their candidates on the
NECO website using the facilities of any
reputable cyber-cafe to obtain registration
data of their candidates. The website is
mynecoexams.com

All schools (Except Federal Government
Institutions) must have their Entry Schedules
endorsed by the relevant Department of the
State Ministries of Education. Private schools
are not exempted from this condition.

Please NOTE that once the names of
candidates are filled on the Entry Schedule
and submitted after registration, the Council
does NOT GRANT OUTRIGHT REPLACEMENT
OF REGISTERED CANDIDATE with
UNREGISTERED one i.e NO REPLACEMENT
OF NAME AFTER REGISTRATION.
Schools should endeavour to MONITOR their
on-line registration process properly to
minimize errors.

MINIMUM NUMBER OF CANDIDATES
The minimum number of candidates to be
registered by a school is 20 (Twenty). Any
school registering less than twenty candidates
shall pay a surcharge of N40,000.00 (Forty
Thousand Naira Only).

PHOTO ALBUMS

Photo-albums are to be purchased in
pairs. Each photo album has a
provision for 171 candidates. A page
has a provision for nine candidates and
there are nineteen pages. A pair of
photo album cost N1,200.00 (One
Thousand and Two Hundred Naira
Only). The candidates photographs
pasted in the two photo albums MUST
BE THE SAME WITH THE ONE USED
FOR ON-LINE REGISTRATION.

After completion, one copy of the
photo album is to be submitted to
NECO State Office while the school
retains the other copy.

RETURN OF COMPLETED REGISTRATION
DOCUMENTS
School Principals/Commandants shall return a
copy of the downloaded on-line data of
registered candidates to NECO Office in their
respective States.

REGISTRATION PERIOD AND CLOSING DATE
The registration period is between
Monday 18th January, 2016 and
Monday 4th April, 2016.

The website will be closed on Monday
4th April, 2016 at 00 midnight. Late
registration will not be entertained.

The last date for return of down-loaded
statistics of the registered candidates
by schools to respective NECO State
Offices is Monday 11th April, 2016.

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING DATE AGAIN

Collection of Entry Schedules by
schools as from 18 th January, 2016.
Last date for on-line registration by
schools 4th April, 2016.
Last date for submission of down-
loaded copies of on-line registration
data by schools to State Offices, 11th
April, 2016.