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Fear, anxiety as students write NECO exams at police station
Scores of students of Surulere Senior Secondary School, Alagbado, Lagos and Tomia Secondary School, Alagbado, Lagos, went through a harrowing experience after they were forced to write their National Examination Council (NECO) exams at Alakuko Police Station.
Reports say the candidates who sat for Papers III & IV of Technical Drawing billed for Monday, July 2, were informed of a change of venue after the papers which were scheduled to be written between 10.00 am and 12.45 were delayed.
According to a student who pleaded anonymity, they waited for over an hour before they were told that the venue for the exam had changed.
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The student said; “We were told that it would hold at the custodian, which was a distance from the school. We were however surprised when we were taken to Alakuko Police Station for the paper. By the time we got to the station, there were students from other schools around who also came to write the paper at the police station.”
Reacting to the delay and change of examination venue, NECO spokesperson said it was due to logistics.
“Due to logistic challenges, the exam which was supposed to start by 10.00 was rescheduled for 2.00 pm, not 4.00 pm. When we realized that it was not possible to commence the papers at 10.00 we quickly sent out information that the paper would start by 2pm,” he said.
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