FROM RABILU ABUBAKAR Gombe
Gombe State Executive Council, SEC, has approved N580 million for the payment of registration fees for over 20,000 students sitting for various Senior School Certificate Examinations, SSCE, in 2025.
This was announced by the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Ethical Orientation, Mijinyawa Tilde, at a press briefing after the 45th Executive Council presided over by Governor Inuwa Yahaya yesterday.
Speaking on the approval for the payment of the examination fees, the Commissioner for Education, Professor Aishatu Maigari said the state government had consistently funded SSCE payments since 2019 to ease parents financial burden and ensure that indigent students complete their secondary school education without obstacles.
“Today, at the council meeting, approval was granted for the payment of registration fees for various Senior School Certificate Examinations for 20,477 students.
“Out of this number, fees were paid for 18,723 indigent students for WAEC, 110 students under the Exchange Programme, 58 students from Special Schools, 1,368 students for NABTEB, and 219 students from Arabic colleges for NBAIS”, the commissioner stated.
“The total amount approved for this year’s SSCE is N580,870,900. This amount will be shared between the state and local governments,” Maigari said.
