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)