The National Examinations Council (NECO) has extended its global footprint to Burkina Faso following the successful accreditation of schools to conduct the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) and the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the country.
In a statement, Azeez Sani, Acting Director of Information and Public Relations, said the accreditation team visited the schools to assess their readiness for the examinations.
He explained that the team inspected classrooms, laboratories, libraries, computer laboratories, workshops, examination halls, sports facilities, continuous assessment (CA) records, as well as the adequacy of teachers and security arrangements to determine suitability for NECO examinations.
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“After a thorough evaluation and comprehensive assessment, the schools were granted full SSCE and BECE accreditation status.
“The accreditation of the schools in Burkina Faso is a testament to NECO’s commitment to delivering quality education and assessment beyond the shores of Nigeria.
“With its expanding global presence, NECO is positioned to become a leading examination body in Africa, offering opportunities for Nigerian students and other foreign nationals worldwide to benefit from its expertise, thereby contributing to the advancement of education across the continent and beyond,” Sani said.
He added that NECO recently established an examination centre in London, United Kingdom, in addition to existing centres in Togo, Benin Republic, Niger Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Sani also revealed that the Nigerian Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Ambassador M. D. Galadima, commended NECO for expanding its global operations into the country.
Receiving the NECO accreditation team at the Nigerian Embassy in Ouagadougou, the ambassador noted that Nigerian parents in Burkina Faso had long faced challenges due to differences in the educational system and the limited availability of English-based schools.
Galadima was quoted as saying that prior to the accreditation, parents were compelled to take their children to Saki in Oyo State to register for and write NECO examinations—an arrangement that exposed families to travel-related security risks and imposed heavy financial burdens on both parents and school proprietors.
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