Borno pays WAEC, NECO N270m for 2013 exams

Maiduguri - The Borno Government on Monday
paid more than N270 million to the West
African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the
National Examination Council (NECO) as
2012/2013 examination fees of 33,000
students.
The Commissioner for Education, Malam Inuwa
Kubo, presented the cheques for the amount to
the organisations at a ceremony in Maiduguri.
He said that the amount represented 75 per
cent of the registration fees for the
examinations.
“Today’s event marks another milestone in
government’s efforts to develop the education
sector in the state.
“Government is paying to both WAEC and NECO
to cover the registration fees of the estimated
33,000 students who registered for the
examinations in the state.
“The amount covers 75 percent of the total
registration fees as parents had already paid
the 25 percent of the fees earlier,” Kubo said.
He said that the examinations had been
conducted successfully in most part of the
state, but lamented that some centres could
not hold the examinations for security reasons.
Kubo commended the organisations for
accepting to conduct fresh examinations for the
affected students.
He urged both the organisations to ensure that
all the students accessed their results as soon
as possible, to enable them to secure
admission into tertiary institutions.(NAN)