The Delta State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has approved 10 private schools as centres for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) organised by the National Examination Council (NECO).
The Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr Patrick Ukah, made the revelation in a press statement on Tuesday in Asaba,the Delta State Capital.
He explained that the examination was for only JSS 3 students in private schools, who registered for the national BECE, whose resumed Tuesday
“The schools are Master Care Secondary School, Asaba; Heaven Point High School, Asaba; Deeper Life High School, Opete; Udu, DSC Tech High School, Udu.
“Top Grade College, Umunede, Wingate Schools, Warri; James Hope College, Agbor,Graceville College, Asaba; Graceville High School, Okpanam and Day Spring Christian College, Opete.
“The students are to revise for two weeks before the examination scheduled to start on Aug. 24,” the commissioner said.
He said, the committee set up to monitor compliance with the approved COVID-19 protocols would go round the schools, warning that any of them found wanting would be shut down
Ukah said, other schools whose names were not mentioned but were billed for the examination should seek the ministry’s clearance.
“JSS 3 students in public schools, who registered for the state BECE, are expected to resume on Sept. 8, 2020, to start revision for their examination billed to begin on Sept. 21, 2020,” he said.
Culled from Vanguard Newspaper.
