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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Neco</span> Brazilian footballer and manager

Manoel Nunes, also known as Neco, was an association football midfielder and striker. With great skill and tenacity, he was the first idol of Corinthians, being the first player to get a statue in the team's gardens. As of 2006, Neco is the player who played the longest for Corinthians: 17 years.

The West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) is a type of standardized test in West Africa. Students who pass the exam receive a certificate confirming their graduation from secondary education. It is administered by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). It is only offered to candidates residing in Anglophone West African countries. The academic school-leaving qualification awarded upon successful completion of the exams is the West African Senior School Certificate.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board</span> Nigerian examination board

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is a Nigerian entrance examination board for tertiary-level institutions. The board conducts entrance Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination for prospective undergraduates into Nigerian universities. The board is also charged with the responsibility to administer similar examinations for applicants to Nigerian public and private monotechnics, polytechnics, and colleges of educations. All of these candidates must have obtained the West Africa Senior School Certificate (WASSCE) conducted yearly by the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, or its equivalent, National Examination Council (Nigeria), Senior School Certificate Examination, NECO SSCE.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Federal Ministry of Education (Nigeria)</span> Nigerian ministry responsible for education

The Federal Ministry of Education is a part of the Federal Ministries of Nigeria that directs education in Nigeria. It is located at Block 5A, Federal Secretariat Complex, Shehu Shagari Way, Central Area, P.M.B. 146, Garki, Abuja.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Isolog schools</span> PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION

Isolog Schools is a private owned institution with a main campus in Akute, Ogun State and another in Ojodu, Lagos State, southern Nigeria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rainbow College</span>

Rainbow College was founded in 1996 in Nigeria. It is located at km 39 Lagos/Ibadan expressway, Ogun State. It serves to prepare boys and girls for additional education either at a university in Nigeria or elsewhere in the world. It is a college that offers educational programmes for students of all nationalities.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Senior (education)</span> Student in the fourth year of study, esp. in the U.S.

The term senior, in regard to education, has different meanings depending on the country.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kaduna State University</span> University in Kaduna, Nigeria

Kaduna State University is located in Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria. It was established in 2004. It has seven faculties with over 39 departments and a library that contains over 17,000 volumes of books. It has two campuses: Kafanchan and Kaduna.

The Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) is the main examination to qualify students for admission into secondary and vocational schools in Ghana, and Nigeria. It is written after three years of junior secondary education. It is administered by the Ghana Education Service under the Ministry of Education. In Nigeria, it is administered by the state ministry of education in each state under the supervision of the National Examinations Council (NECO). NECO directly organizes examinations for Unity Schools, Armed Forces Secondary Schools, and other Federal Government schools. Candidates in the third year of junior high schools approved by the Ghana Education Service are eligible for the examination. It is conducted annually in June (Ghana and, May/June.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Examination Council (Nigeria)</span> Nigerian examination board

The National Examinations Council is an examination body in Nigeria that conducts the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination and the General Certificate in Education in June/July and November/December respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Neco Brett</span> Jamaican footballer (born 1992)

Neco Jeborie Brett is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a forward for USL Championship club Memphis 901.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Neco Williams</span> Welsh footballer (born 2001)

Neco Shay Williams is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Premier League club Nottingham Forest and the Wales national team.

In Nigeria, the academic grading system scales from A to F (fail). Below is the grading system of Nigerian schools.

Godswill Ogbonnaya Obiomafnae fman fstan fcon fnatt fipma, was a Nigerian professor and the registrar of National Examination Council, NECO, until his death on 31 May 2021.

Ebikibina John Ogborodi is currently the acting registrar of National Examination Council, NECO, since 3 June 2021 until July 2021.

The National Business and Technical Examinations Board popularly known as NABTEB, is a Nigerian examination board that is conducting examinations for technical and business innovation colleges in Nigeria. The National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) was established under the Decree No. 70 of the1993 constitution. The Decree (Act) mandated NABTEB with the responsibility to conduct Technical and Business Innovation certificate examinations hitherto being conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), London Royal Society of Arts, City and Guilds of London. It was established during the regime of Nigeria's former military Head of State, general Ibrahim Babangida. The NABTEB examinations are conducted biannually in May/June and November/December respectively.

Abubakar M. Gana is the current director of the National Examinations Council (NECO) in Nigeria. NECO is a government agency responsible for the administration and supervision of various national and international examinations in Nigeria, including the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSSCE) and the National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE).

Examination Boards in Nigeria are organizations that are given the mandate to conduct placement examinations in form of learning assessment for Nigerian students. This assessment aims at admitting the students into different institutions of learning at different levels of the Nigerian educational system. The major educational boards in Nigeria are Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), National Examination Council (NECO), West African Examination Council (WAEC) and the National Business and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB), Others include International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE). The National Board for Educational Measurement is a professional organization which oversees the assessment processes to ensure that the assessment process is just. It is an organization which checks the activities of the examination boards. This body also is involved in educational measurement by measuring how standardized tests are and the viability of performance-based assessments. Thay also help the Nigerian examination boards in assessment design and implementation.