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FG Slashes Down Price of JAMB UTME, NECO SSCE & BECE Forms

Federal Government, FG Approves the Reduction/Slashes Down the Cost of the Joint Admission Matriculation Board, JAMB Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, National Examination Council, NECO Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, SSCE and Basic Education Certificate, BECE Forms.

Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, made the disclosure after the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday to journalists in Abuja.

Applicants under the new arrangement will pay N3,500 as JAMB examination fees against the previous fees N5,000, N9,850 for Senior Secondary Certificate examination SSCE, which is handled by NECO from the current N11,350 being paid and N4,000 instead of N5,500 for Basic Education Certificate Examination which is also handled by NECO.

With effect from January 2019 the cost of JAMB UTME Form will drop from N5,000 to N3,500. NECO will drop from N11,350, to N9,850.

The Head of Digital Communications for President Muhammadu Buhari made the confirmation through his twitter handle.