In its efforts to debunk rumours in the social media that examinations will be written on Sallah Day, the National Examinations Council (NECO) has on Monday disclosed that it did not schedule any examinations during the forthcoming Eid-El-Kabir period.
The Council added that it did not fix any examination(s) for Saturday 9th July, 2022 as rumoured in some quarters that the Council has scheduled examination for 9th July, 2022 (Sallah Day).
In a statement made available to Journalists in Minna on Monday, the Head Information and Public Relations Division, Azeez Sani said, the Council is conscious of the importance of religious festivals and has always made adequate provision for such in fixing examination dates.
According to Azeez “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.”
It would be recalled that the 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for School based Candidates commenced on 27th June, and will end on 12th August, 2022.