By Victor Ahiuma-Younger
The Kebbi State Authorities has dismissed as false and deceptive a publication claiming that the state ranked final (thirty seventh) within the 2025 Nationwide Examinations Council (NECO) efficiency ranking.
In an announcement over the weekend , the Commissioner for Primary Schooling, Dr. Halima M. Bande, mentioned the report was mischievous and meant to discredit the real reforms being carried out within the schooling sector underneath Governor Nasir Idris, Kauran Gwandu.
Bande defined that Kebbi State had stopped sponsoring public college college students for NECO examinations since 2022, opting as an alternative for the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) as its most popular analyzing physique.
“For the previous 4 years, public colleges in Kebbi State haven’t participated in NECO examinations. Due to this fact, any try to rank Kebbi in NECO 2025 is baseless and lacks credibility,” she mentioned.
The commissioner famous that solely a handful of personal colleges within the state nonetheless register their college students for NECO, stressing that their restricted outcomes couldn’t function a good yardstick to measure the general efficiency of the state’s schooling sector.
“The factors utilized in rating Kebbi State final are inaccurate, defective, and can’t stand. Since our public colleges weren’t a part of NECO, no real comparability may be made,” Bande acknowledged.
She additional emphasised Governor Idris’s pedigree as a instructor, unionist, and educationist who has made schooling a prime precedence of his administration. Based on her, reforms, investments, and insurance policies launched underneath his management are already reworking colleges throughout the state.
“The allegation that Kebbi State got here final in NECO 2025 is fake, unverified, and with out factual foundation. The general public ought to disregard such fabrications,” she added.
Bande assured that Governor Idris stays dedicated to repositioning Kebbi State’s schooling sector, insisting that progress underneath his watch is seen, measurable, and impactful.
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