The Kwara State Government will sanction any school principal who collects more than the State Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development-approved National Examination Council, NECO, fees.
It also stated that no principal should admit external students during this year’s examination registration process.
Hajia Saadatu Modibbo Kawu, the state Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, made the remarks as the state government formally launched registration for this year’s NECO in the state.
According to the commissioner, this is “part of an ongoing reform agenda to reduce all exorbitant charges on external examinations by some state principals.”
She gave a breakdown of the approved registration fees and other charges for the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (NECO) 2022/ 2023 at the exercise’s kick-off at St. Anthony Secondary School Ilorin.
NECO fees will be N17,800.00, E-registration N1,050, administrative charge to school N1,100, and four-figure table N500.00, according to her.
A photo album, syllabus, and waterproof certificate folder/jacket cost N5,200 for each school.
According to Kawu, the total fee for the NECO examination is N22,450 per candidate.
The commissioner stated that the ministry would not tolerate any indiscriminate charges from any principal other than those set by the Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development.
Hajia Folashade Raji, the Ministry’s Director of Curriculum and Assessment, directed that all payments be made directly to the Kwara Internal Revenue Service, KWIRS.
Speaking at the event, the President of the All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools, Comrade Usman Abdullahi, and the Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, Kwara State Chapter, Comrade Bashir Oyewo, commended Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for his unwavering support in reviving the state’s education system and requested cash support for promotion arrears of Kwara State Teaching Service Teachers and SUBEB staff.
They urged the governor to consider appointing teachers as Permanent Secretaries in the state and to eliminate the salary disparity between TESCOM and SUBEB employees in the state.
They pledged to increase productivity on behalf of all principals and teachers in the state.
