Written by Clement Idoko, Abuja Friday, 07 January 2011

HENCEFORTH candidates willing to register for Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations conducted by West African Examination Council (WAEC) National Examination council (NECO) and National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) are at liberty to register only the subjects of their choice, the Federal Government has said.

This is contrary to the existing policy where students were compelled to register more than seven subjects per sitting even though, he or she needed three or four subjects to remedy his or her result.

Minister of State for Education, Mr Kenneth Gbagi, who made this known in a statement he personally signed in Abuja, on Thursday, said the new policy took effect from the November/December 2011, registration for the examinations.

He also said the registration fee paid to WAEC, NECO and NABTEB for November/December examinations for external candidates had nothing to do with the number of subjects that the candidate was to sit for.

Gbagi in the statement entitled: “Conduct of November/December examinations by WAEC, NECO and NABTEB” said: “The general public is hereby informed that the registration fee paid to WAEC, NECO and NABTEB for November/December Examinations for external candidates has nothing to do with the number of subjects that the candidate is to sit for.

“The Federal Ministry of Education has directed that as from November/ December 2011, a candidate is at liberty to register only for the subjects he or she requires,” the minister said.

This is good but also bad, looking at it critically.

To me it's a welcome idea!!!!

Hmm, thats positive change. Hopefully they(students) would pass the exams now.
But the 5subjects is very restrictive sha.

This is a welcome development, i believe if students are allowed to register as low as 5 subjects, it would be easier to pass them as they would have to read lesser amount of subjects.

A welcum idea!

nice i hope it works out well

this is a good idea very very welcomed

@odunnu u sound very funny

They should try and make it two or three.

i killmods:

this is a good idea very very welcomed

@odunnu u sound very funny

Funny? How do you mean Sir?

I think it's a great improvement for our education sector. It's a welcomed development. I saw the info yesterday, and was so elated for those students that are passing through the ordeal of enrolling subjects they know nothing about.

Remaining the issue of borrowed courses in our tertiary institutions.

The initiative is tricky cos d 5 subj ar d core one wat made it 6 were d electives. Chai 9ja

That is a good ideal i even support that, but student need to sit down and read very well because fail one fail all oooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Odunnu:

Funny? How do you mean Sir?

it's as if u know that the students may not pass