2019 Common Entrance: 75,635 candidates jostle for 25,000 spaces in Unity Schools

Total of 75,635 candidates sat for the 2019 National Common Entrance examination, on Saturday, nationwide for admission into the 104 Federal Government Colleges, also known as Unity Schools.

Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, speaking in Abuja, however, revealed that only 25,000 spaces were available for the best candidates to be selected from the figure.

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Adamu, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono, visited some of the examination centres in Abuja alongside the Acting Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of National Examination Council (NECO), Mr Abubakar Gana, and other officials of the Ministry.

The Council conducted the examination in 458 centres; 457 centres in Nigeria and one examination centre in Porto Novo, Benin Republic.

The minister commended NECO for the smooth and orderly conduct of the examination, saying the 2019 exercise was an improvement over the previous National Common Entrance examinations.

Acting Registrar of NECO,, Gana disclosed that the results of the examination would be released on Wednesday, to the Federal Ministry of Education, adding that NECO would be directed to release the results to the public after the selection exercise.

Statistics revealed that there was reduction in number of candidates who registered for the examination compared to that 2018, where a total of 81,451 candidates registered.

Gana, attributed this low registration to the 2019 elections which coincided with the time of registration and that politicians who usually bankroll their candidates for the examinations were occupied by political activities.