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.
pls,i wrote the wrong exam number on my neco exam today what can i do?
Good day Chinemeremma. Inform your school principal about this immediately.
I have my registration number and centre number but I don’t have the photo card can they give me my neco certificate
You can use the online copy of your result to collect the original certificate.
Good day sir pls I need to ask one important question, pls what is actually the difference between examination number between the candidates because I and my twin sis did the exam at the same time, she was able to get her result printed but mine got burnt, and both our sits are beside each other so, I Want to know, is the exam number different or what actually the difference if it’s one digit number or alphabet, pls I need your help in other to print mine also
NECO has two different numbers on a result; the centre number and the registration number. The registration number is what you use to check your result. NECO generates registration numbers randomly, this means your registration number will be entirely different from your sitting partners number. You have to follow the steps in this article to retrieve your NECO exam number.
Pls sir I wrote my neco exam in 2018 nd have forgotten my registration number nd I want use it for my post utme wic is closing tomorrow ND school is not open yet sir pls hw can I retrieve it
Kindly go to a NECO office to retrieve your exam number.
Please is examination number the same thing as registration number. I have a number like xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxAG. Is this the same as registration number. I finished in 2001. Thank you
Yes it is. Your registration number consist of eight numbers and two alphabets.
I just left Neco Office now in my state (Cross River)
They asked me to pay 5k and when I asked them for the the Neco account number or revenue code to pay to, they worked me out of their office
What if I am not in my State again!
For example, I am from Akwa Ibom State, and what was registered and wrote my neco there!
Now I am in Ogun State, can I go to NECO office here in Ogun State, to retrieve my NECO exam number?
Yes, you can retrieve it in any state.
Please is there a way to access your examination number online
No, there is no way to access NECO exam numbers online yet. You can visit a NECO office in the state you wrote the exam to retrieve your NECO exam number.
Good morning Sir. Last week, I visited my state neco office for my registration number retrieval, but they didn’t help me to retrieve it. What is the solution Sir.
Name: Abba Hussaini
Exam year: 2019
Exam type: June/July
School: Government Secondary School, Firji.
Please help me Sir.
I called one of their numbers just now they said I should go and swear affidavit for loss of photo card and some stuffs
pls can i go to neco laison office to retrive
Please the school I wrote my NECO shut down nd I need to get my certificate can I retrieve it from NECO office?
Yes, you can get it at a NECO office in the state you wrote the exam.
I wrote neco year 2012 nd I couldn’t remember my seat number nd exam number how can I get pls sir am ogunbajo khadijat mojisola I wrote d exam in ise community high school ibeju lekki local govt Lagos state
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****
Kindly visit a NECO Office to retrieve your Exam number.
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.
You can get the exam number from any NECO office irrespective of the state you wrote the exam.
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.
She needs to visit a NECO office to retrieve her exam number.
Please sir if i go to the NECO office will the give me my certificate
It depends. If it’s NECO SSCE, you have to get it from the school where you wrote the exam.
Please sir I wrote neco in 2011 I have forgotten my registration number how can I retrieve it
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
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.
I wrote neco 2005, i can’t remember the exam number i went to the school they couldn’t find it.
I wrote neco 2005 and I did not remember the registration number and the pin, pls can u send it to me
Kindly follow the steps in the post.
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
You can go to your school to collect the correct exam number.
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.
I have been trying to check my result but it keeps saying invalid candidate number record not found.
Check if the exam number or exam year is correct. If the problem persists, visit a NECO office to report this problem.
I wrote neco 2018,can I go to my school to collect my exam number or I go to neco office.
You can easily get it from your secondary school.
I can’t find my neco examination number 2013
Please I forgot my neco exam number
How can I get it
Hello I wrote NECO in 2016 but I never checked the results. I don’t remember the exam number nor the pin
Go to a NECO office to complain.
Comment:plz sir I Cnt print out my result 2016
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
Please,can I use 2016 NECO result for part-time in laspotech?
Sure you can.