Pass the internal mock exam and we will pay your exam fees – Katsina Govt.

The Katsina State Government lately announced that effectively from this year, only students who are able to pass the internal examination would have their examination fees paid by the State government. This was due to poor performance of the students who sit for WAEC, NECO and JAMB examinations. It was revealed that only about 4600 passed NECO, out of over 46,000 students who sat for the exam.

The state government claimed that the policy was imperative because the offset examination bills of students cost the government over N3billion of which only about 10% who sit for such exams pass with five credits and above.

The discontinuation of the blanket payment of fees for senior secondary school students billed to sit for WAEC, NECO and JAMB examinations has also attracted the support of both the academic and non-academic staff unions of the state.