2026 June/July NECO SSCE Timetable
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The 2026 NECO June/July Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) Internal runs from Monday, 15 June to Thursday, 23 July 2026. The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the official timetable, and the complete subject-by-subject schedule is below.
Check each of your subjects against the dates and times before every paper. If anything is unclear — time, venue, paper title or paper code — ask your school principal or class teacher, or your NECO state office.
Prefer a copy on your phone? Download the official NECO 2026 SSCE Internal timetable (PDF), exactly as published by NECO.
Friday, 17th July, 2026
- Paper I: Practical - Physical Education
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- Paper I: Practical - Foods and Nutrition (3 hrs)
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- Paper I: Practical - Home Management (3 hrs)
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- Paper I: Performance Test, Music Technology & Alternative to Music Technology (1 hr 30 mins)
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- Paper IV: Aural Music (50 mins)
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- Paper IV: Oral French (1 hr)
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- Paper IV: Oral Arabic (1 hr 20 mins)
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- Paper I: Practical - Fashion Design and Garment Making (4 hrs)
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- Paper IV: Progressive Assessments - Livestock Farming
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- Paper I: Practical - Beauty and Cosmetology (3 hrs)
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- Paper I: Practical - Computer Hardware and GSM Repairs (3 hrs)
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- Paper I: Practical - Catering Craft (3 hrs)
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- Actual dates and times for the papers above are fixed by the Council — confirm at your school or NECO state office.
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Monday, 22nd June, 2026
- Paper I: Practical - Computer Studies
- 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Tuesday, 23rd June, 2026
- Paper I: Written Comprehension - French
- 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
- Paper II: Written Expression - French
- 3:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Wednesday, 24th June, 2026
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Music
- 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
- Papers III & II: Objective, Essay & Literature - Arabic
- 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Thursday, 25th June, 2026
- Paper I: Practical - Chemistry
- 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Hausa
- 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Igbo
- 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Yoruba
- 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday, 26th June, 2026
- Paper I: Practical - Biology
- 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Monday, 29th June, 2026
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Biology
- 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Home Management
- 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Tuesday, 30th June, 2026
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Christian Religious Studies
- 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Islamic Studies
- 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
- Paper I: Test of Practical - Health Education
- 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Health Education
- 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Wednesday, 1st July, 2026
- Paper III: Objective - General Mathematics
- 10:00 am - 11:45 am
- Paper II: Essay - General Mathematics
- 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Thursday, 2nd July, 2026
- Paper I: Practical - Physics
- 10:00 am - 12:45 pm
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Nigerian History
- 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday, 3rd July, 2026
- Papers III & IV: Objective & Prose - Literature in English
- 10:00 am - 12:15 pm
Monday, 6th July, 2026
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Government
- 10:00 am - 12:40 pm
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Physical Education
- 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Tuesday, 7th July, 2026
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Physics
- 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Foods & Nutrition
- 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Wednesday, 8th July, 2026
- Paper IV: Creative Design - Visual Arts
- 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Paper I: Drawing - Visual Arts
- 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 9th July, 2026
- Paper III: Objective - Further Mathematics
- 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Paper II: Essay - Further Mathematics
- 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Visual Art
- 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday, 10th July, 2026
- Papers III & IV: Objective & Drawing - Technical Drawing
- 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Monday, 13th July, 2026
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Computer Studies
- 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Commerce
- 2:00 pm - 4:40 pm
Tuesday, 14th July, 2026
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Chemistry
- 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Paper I: Practical - Technical Drawing
- 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Paper II: Drama & Poetry - Literature in English
- 2:00 pm - 3:40 pm
Wednesday, 15th July, 2026
- Paper III: Objective - English Language
- 10:00 am - 11:00 am
- Paper II: Essay - English Language
- 11:15 am - 1:00 pm
- Paper IV: Test of Orals - English Language
- 1:15 pm - 2:00 pm
Thursday, 16th July, 2026
- Paper I: Practical - Agricultural Science
- 10:00 am - 11:30 am
- Papers III & I: Objective & Practical and Physical - Geography
- 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Friday, 17th July, 2026
- Paper II: Essay - Human and Regional Geography
- 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Monday, 20th July, 2026
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Economics
- 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Catering Craft
- 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Tuesday, 21st July, 2026
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Civic Education
- 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Agricultural Science
- 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Wednesday, 22nd July, 2026
- Papers III & II: Objective, Theory & Practice - Accounting
- 10:00 am - 1:50 pm
- Paper I: Practical - Livestock Farming
- 2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Computer Hardware and GSM Repairs
- 2:15 pm - 5:15 pm
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Fashion Design and Garment Making
- 2:15 pm - 4:45 pm
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Beauty and Cosmetology
- 2:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Thursday, 23rd July, 2026
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Marketing
- 10:00 am - 12:40 pm
- Papers III & II: Objective & Essay - Livestock Farming
- 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Schools and candidates should note the following:
- Each candidate must have a photocard for identification during the examination.
- Where the time on the question paper differs from the time on this timetable, follow the time on the question paper.
- For Physical Education Practical Paper I, and French, Music and Arabic Paper IV, confirm the specific exam venue at your NECO state office.
- Practicals in the sciences and Computer Studies can hold in sets where candidates are many and the equipment cannot go round.
- Visual Arts Paper IV (Creative Design) should be given to candidates at least one week before the examination date.
- Nigerian languages (Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba) include a Literature aspect.
- Albino and blind candidates are allowed 30 extra minutes at the end of each subject.
- Blind candidates must use the NECO-supplied OBR customised braille sheet.
- Scientific calculators are allowed.
- Electronic communication gadgets (programmable calculators, mobile phones, iPads, tablets, smart wristwatches, glasses, pens and similar) are strictly prohibited in the examination hall.
- Candidates who do not sit for Practicals (Paper I) will not have a result in that subject.
- Trade subject questions are hybrid in nature.
Source: National Examinations Council, official 2026 SSCE Internal timetable (signed by Dr Charles E. Udoh, Director Registration). Good luck with your papers.