Last updated on August 13th, 2019 by Chris. Akuneme
Have you misplaced your NECO examination number? in this article, we would show you how to retrieve your NECO examination number with ease. And it is totally free.
The national examination council, NECO has a unique 10 digit alphanumeric number it gives each of its candidates. The number serves as the student’s identity, it can also be used to check NECO results when it is released.
The NECO exam number has eight numbers and two alphabets in capital letters. Here is an example; 60514564AD.
These numbers are unique to each student in different years. For example, your NECO exam number for this year might be another person exam number in a different year.
How to Retrieve NECO Examination Number
NECO has not officially released the way it formulates the exam numbers. Unlike NECO, the West African Examination Council (WAEC) is transparent on how it formulates WAEC exam numbers; 7 of the numbers are the WAEC centre number while the last three are the seat numbers.
Visit a NECO office in your state and provide the following information;
- Full name.
- Year of the exam.
- Name of school where the exam was written.
Armed with this information, a national examination council official will run a search on the NECO database with the information you provided. Viola! your NECO examination number would be given to you.
As at the time of publishing this article, NECO does not charge its candidates to retrieve exam numbers. However, policies may change in the future. So, it’s smart to go to the NECO office with some money.
Have you recently tried to retrieve your NECO exam number? Tell us your experience via the comment section below.
Also, we have an article on how to retrieve WAEC exam number.
Affia ,Samuel unai
I writer neco 2015 in onna peoples high school,abat
In Onna local government area
Akwa ibom state
Affia,samuel unai
I can’t remember my center number but my seat number was 53
Am in kubwa FCT abuja
Please help me
0812721****
Chris. Akuneme
Kindly visit a NECO Office to retrieve your Exam number.
Nneoma
Mine is similar to the above mentioned situation. My question is “can I visit the neco office of my current state of abode?”. Since I have moved from the state in which I did the exam.
Chris. Akuneme
You can get the exam number from any NECO office irrespective of the state you wrote the exam.
Emmanuel Livinus
Comment: My problem is concerning my wife’s neck exams number,s she has forgotten it.Though she wrote it in Govt.girls secondary school,Baga,Borno state in 2007.Please is there anyway we can get any assistance? Her name is Blessing Polycarp.
Chris. Akuneme
She needs to visit a NECO office to retrieve her exam number.
Onwere amara
Please sir if i go to the NECO office will the give me my certificate
Chris. Akuneme
It depends. If it’s NECO SSCE, you have to get it from the school where you wrote the exam.
Onwere amara
Please sir I wrote neco in 2011 I have forgotten my registration number how can I retrieve it
David Owolabi
Dear Chris,
Good Afternoon. My case is a bit peculiar and i really need advice on how to solve this challenge. I wrote NECO in 2010 in a school around Maza Maza, Amuwo Odofin LG area. I had just moved to Lagos, Festac precisely and i was still a bit young, naive you could say and obviously didn’t handle any registration process, i was just told to write the Exams and make sure i passed as i really needed to make up for a D7 in Maths which somewhat tarnished my beautiful WASSCE result.
In this moment, I have no idea what my registration number is, neither do i know the name of the Secondary school i wrote the exam. I’m in dire need of the result now as it’s a sad situation that brings me shame. None of my siblings or family members that supposedly helped me during the registration remember anything about it.
What can i do? Kindly advice. Thank you
Chris. Akuneme
Go to a NECO office to report this issue since you can’t remember the name of the school, that’s the only option left.
Ogbuji bliss chioma
I wrote neco 2005, i can’t remember the exam number i went to the school they couldn’t find it.
Magdalene ahkere afobhokhan
I wrote neco 2005 and I did not remember the registration number and the pin, pls can u send it to me
Chris. Akuneme
Kindly follow the steps in the post.
Zaayem Joseph Ayila
Hello sir, I wrote the neco exams and when I try checking my my result the are my exam number is invalid, so I go to my secondary school will they help me with it or what can I do please
Chris. Akuneme
You can go to your school to collect the correct exam number.
Kanyinsola Fakeye
But i am currently in the NECO office in illupeju and they told me that I have to go to the school I wrote the exam to retrieve the examination registration number. When I asked them if they can check their database they said no.
Aziegbe destiny obehi
I have been trying to check my result but it keeps saying invalid candidate number record not found.
Chris. Akuneme
Check if the exam number or exam year is correct. If the problem persists, visit a NECO office to report this problem.
Oreoluwa adejumo
I wrote neco 2018,can I go to my school to collect my exam number or I go to neco office.
Chris. Akuneme
You can easily get it from your secondary school.
Ani Chinedu
I can’t find my neco examination number 2013
Abdul
Please I forgot my neco exam number
How can I get it
William blessing friday
Hello I wrote NECO in 2016 but I never checked the results. I don’t remember the exam number nor the pin
Christopher Akuneme
Go to a NECO office to complain.
Solomon Ngozi dasola
Comment:plz sir I Cnt print out my result 2016
Peace
Hello I wrote NECO in 2006 but I never checked the results. I don’t remember the exam no nor the name of the school in wrote it in. Will it be possible to retrieve the results
Taiwo Azeez
Please,can I use 2016 NECO result for part-time in laspotech?
Christopher Akuneme
Sure you can.