A major shocker came from Zamfara State During the week, when Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, on Wednesday made a rather disturbing disclosure concerning the upcoming 2018 National Common Entrance Examination due to take place April 14.
In a statement released by the spokesperson of the ministry, Mrs Priscillia Ihuoma, in Abuja, the minister revealed that only 28 pupils in entire Zamfara State had registered for the examination.
This discovery makes Zamfara the state with the lowest number of registered pupils. Following Zamfara is Kebbi, with a total number of registered candidates so far being 50 and Taraba, with 95.
States with the highest number of registered pupils include Lagos with a total of 24,465 students, Abuja 7,699 and Rivers State with 4,810 students. The total number of the registered students as at 31st of March was 71,294 against the 80,421 who registered in 2017.
In line with this development, the minister has pleaded with state governments, interest groups and heads of schools to encourage students to register for the examination.
He also directed that the Common Entrance portal be left open for registration until April 13.
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