The National Examination Council, NECO wishes to inform the general public, Schools, Parents and Teachers that the sales of form for the Basic Education Certification Examination, BECE into the Senior Secondary School for the 2025 session has commenced. Registration deadline has been slated for Tuesday, 6th May, 2025.
The Basic Education Certification Examination is taken by candidates transitioning from the ninth year of the basic education class to senior secondary school. The BECE is conducted for candidates in their third year of Junior Secondary School.
While each state of the federation and the FCT conducts the BECE for its candidates, NECO conducts the BECE for Federal Unity Colleges, Armed Forces Secondary Schools and other Federal establishments operating Secondary schools. Private Secondary Schools also take part in the NECO BECE, provided they are permitted by their State Ministries of Education.
Eighteen subjects are administered at the BECE level.
A candidate is expected to sit for a maximum of ten subjects. A candidate is deemed to have passed the BECE if he/she has passes in six subjects, including English and Mathematics.
Grading System:
- A - Distinction
- B - Upper Credit
- C - Lower Credit
- P - Pass
- F - Fail
Registration Guidelines for the NECO 2025 BECE Registration
Principals and Commandants of Secondary Schools are hereby informed that the registration procedure introduced by the Council last year is to be used for the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
Eligibility for Registration:
Principals/Commandants of schools are hereby informed that only candidates in their final year of Junior Secondary School (i.e. JSS 3) are eligible for registration. The 2025 NECO BECE is meant for only school-based candidates in Nigeria and overseas.
Registration Procedures
The 2025 BECE registration will be both OFFLINE and ONLINE. There is no more manual registration. The manual registration entries have been replaced with offline entries of candidates’ registration data.
The registration comprises two stages:
- Offline and Online Registration
Offline Registration
- Schools are to uninstall the previous version of the BECE offline application from their computer systems and install the current BECE offline application.
- Schools are to make all entries of their candidates’ bio-data and biometric data completely offline, using the 2025 BECE offline application supplied in a recordable CD/DVD along with this registration guideline.
Offline Validation
- After successful offline registration, schools are to validate their candidates’ data before uploading registration details online.
- Validation period: Monday 11th November, 2024
- The Council is not liable for registration errors. All corrections must be done during the validation process before uploading the registration online.
- NECO BECE Correction of Name is limited to results of years 2000 to 2018. From 2019 onwards, corrections must be done during offline validation.
Payment and Upload
Once a school is activated, they can log in to www.neco.gov.ng to make payments and proceed with the online upload process.
Payment Procedure
- All payments should strictly be made through the NECO portal. Upon successful payment, a registration quota is allocated according to the amount paid into the NECO TSA. Schools should ensure all payments are completed before attempting to upload candidates.
- Payment made after registration closes will not be entertained or refunded.
Examination Fees
- Registration fee: N10,875.00 per candidate
- Unviable Centre fee: N15,625.00
- Syllabus fee: N2,000.00 per copy
- Late Registration Penalty: N5,000.00 per candidate
- BECE Re-sit fee: N3,750.00 per subject per candidate
Registration Period and Closing Date
- Regular registration begins: Monday, 11th November, 2024
- Regular registration closes: Friday, 2nd May, 2025
- Late registration closes: Tuesday, 6th May, 2025
- Website closure: Tuesday, 6th May, 2025 (11:59 PM)
- The last date for the return of printed payment receipts and endorsed validation lists is Tuesday, 6th May, 2025.
BECE Resit Examination
- Registration period for BECE Resit: July 2025
- Tentative Exam Date: August 2025
Procedure for Registration of BECE Resit
- Login to your school profile using your center number, username, and password
- Select Resit
- Make payment through one of the available methods:
- Card payment
- Bank Branch
- USSD
- Internet Banking
- Wallet
- eNaira
Timetable for BECE 2025
Important Notes
- A candidate is only registered if his/her offline entries are uploaded online to obtain a Registration Number.
- All corrections must be done during the validation process before uploading registration data online.
- Late registration period is between Monday, 5th May and Tuesday, 6th May, 2025, and attracts a penalty fee of N5,000 per candidate.
- A candidate must have a photocard for identification purposes during the examination.
- Schools should print their certificate of upload for Continuous Assessment Scores (CA3) from their school email.
For further inquiries, contact your State Coordinator or NECO support:
- Email: [email protected] | [email protected]
- NECO Helplines: 08027597699, 09032224473, 08069232760, 08189342653, 08189342754
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I want to check my result but I was told that my exam number is incorrect
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