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The Ministry of Education has revealed that only 28 students registered for National Common Entrance Examination in Zamfara State.
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said the Federal Government is worried about the low number of candidates seeking admission into its 104 colleges across the country.
In a statement released by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Education, Mrs. Priscillia Ihuoma, only 28 candidates from Zamfara State registered for the National Common Entrance examination.
The minister urged state governments, heads of schools and interest groups to persuade school-age children in the areas with low registration to register for the examination.
Adamu, noted that a directive had been given to leave the portal open for registration until April 13.
The release read in part, “Ahead of the 2018 National Common Entrance Examination for admission of candidates into the 104 Federal Government colleges on Saturday, April 14, the minister has expressed worry over low registration for the examination so far.
“According to him, the report of a meeting of major stakeholders in the education sector said candidates registered in 2018 stood at 71,294 as against 80,421 that wrote the examination in 2017.
“The report further shows three states with the highest number of pupils registered so far are: Lagos with 24,465 candidates, the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with 7,699 and Rivers State with 4,810 candidates respectively.
On the other hand, three states with extreme low registration are: Zamfara with only 28 candidates, Kebbi, 50 and Taraba, 95 candidates respectively.”