Kano To Sponsor 141,715 College students For NECO, NABTEB, NBAIS Exams

The Kano State authorities has mentioned that it it deliberate to sponsor 141,715 college students who handed the Senior Secondary Qualifying Examination (SSQE) for the 2025 Nationwide Examinations Council (NECO), Nationwide Board for Arabic and Islamic Research (NBAIS) and Nationwide Enterprise and Technical Educations Board (NABTEB) examinations.

The State’s Commissioner of Schooling, Dr. Ali Makoda, made this identified whereas briefing journalists within the state.

Dr Makoda defined that the state was sponsoring all eligible indigenous candidates from public faculties who scored no less than 5 credit from the SSQE.

“A complete of 141,715 candidates from public faculties below Kano Schooling Useful resource Division (KERD), the Science Board, and Arabic and Islamic Schooling Division (AIED) sat for the exams with over 75% certified for state sponsorship,” he acknowledged.

In accordance with him, the initiative will value the state over N3billion, and was a part of the State authorities’s aggressive efforts to reinforce academic entry, promote educational excellence, and cut back {financial} burdens on households throughout the state, particularly the weak.

Whereas reaffirming the dedication of the state authorities below the management of Governor Abba Yusuf to youth growth and {economic} progress by way of training, the Commissioner urged college principals to make sure that all eligible candidates unconditionally entry their outcomes transparently.

Makoda additionally identified that extra particulars of the examination registration course of will probably be offered by the Ministry of Schooling by way of Senior and Technical School Board (STSB), KERD and AIED.