NECO to recruit 22,000 supervisors for 2026 SSCE Internal examination

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced that over 22,000 supervisors will be recruited by the Council to ensure the seamless conduct of the 2026 SSCE Internal, which is scheduled to commence on June 15, 2026.

Announcing the exercise in a statement on Tuesday, the acting Director of Information and Public Relations, Sani Azeez, warned against a fake recruitment website already circulating on social media, adding that fake portals were requesting interested applicants to submit details of their academic credentials after making payments.

He noted that “the supervisor recruitment process on the NECO website is fully automated, and no third party is required”.

Consequently, all qualified pensionable teachers on Grade Level 12 and above who are not less than 30 years of age and are interested in serving as supervisors in the 2026 SSCE Internal are advised to apply through the NECO website.

According to the statement, the new recruitment system will help prevent fraud in the recruitment of supervisors, curb examination malpractice, and enhance fairness and credibility in the process.

“NECO wishes to inform the public that the Council does not request any payment from teachers applying to serve as examination supervisors in the forthcoming 2026 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) Internal,” Azeez stated.

He noted that, in line with the recommendations of the Ministerial Committee on the Improvement of the Quality of Examinations in Nigeria, and in a bid to strengthen the examination supervision mechanism, NECO has transitioned from the analogue mode of recruiting supervisors and assistant supervisors to a fully electronic process.