The National Examinations Council (NECO) on Monday, 21 October, 2024b warned school owners and other stakeholders to desist from enrolling candidates for its examinations by proxy.
The acting Director, Information and Public Relations of NECO, Azeez Sani stated this through a statement signed and made available to newsmen in Abuja, the nation’s capital on Monday, 21 October, 2024
Sani said that the Council had observed that such fraudulent practice often resulted in identity theft and subsequent parade of fake results.
In a bid to eradicate all forms of examination malpractices, he said that the Council had put in place some measures to check impersonation in all its examinations.
”Some of the measures include: the use of Biometric Data Capturing Device, use of customised answer booklets and embossing of photograph and date of birth of candidates on the original certificates,” he said.
Sani also said that the NECO e-verify, an online platform for confirmation/verification of results, was unveiled in 2023 to reduce infractions.
He urged members of the public to note that any certificate purported to have been issued by the Council, and which could not be verified or authenticated, using the NECO e-verify platform, was fake.
”The Council, therefore, calls on state ministries of education and other school owners to ensure that only personal details of genuine candidates are used for registration in all NECO-conducted examinations.”
