NECO English case studies
NECO English · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The NECO Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) Internal is the school-leaving examination the National Examinations Council conducts for candidates at the end of their secondary education. English Language is the subject covered on this page. The NECO English case studies are 5 cases and about 3,636 words.
1The essay with no stand: rescuing an argumentative script at the 30-minute mark
Chidi is sitting the NECO English Paper 1 mock. He has 50 minutes for Section A: an argumentative essay of about 450 words on the topic 'Boarding school is better than day school for the Nigerian child.' At the 30-minute mark he has written 260 words: an introduction that defines boarding school and day school, a paragraph on discipline, and a 90-word story about his cousin in a boarding school who learned to iron his own clothes.
715 words, about 4 min2Comprehension: three answers that look right and score nothing
A candidate in the NECO comprehension section is given this passage and three questions. 'The market opened at dawn, but Mama Nkechi had been there since four.
808 words, about 4 min3Summary: squeezing eight sentences into six, and deciding what is a 'point'
A candidate is given this passage and the instruction: 'In not more than six sentences and not more than 90 words, summarise the effects of clearing the hills above Umuaja for farmland.' 'When the hills above Umuaja were cleared for farmland, the streams below ran dry within three years. Women who had once walked ten minutes to fetch water now walked an hour.
751 words, about 4 min4Lexis and structure: six items, one candidate, four broken rules
A candidate's answers to six lexis and structure items are returned with the choices he made: 1. Neither the principal nor the teachers present.
743 words, about 4 min5Oral English: separating sound errors from stress errors in three weeks
Fifteen candidates sit a mock Oral English test in a school hall in Jos. Each reads ten words aloud and answers two emphatic-stress questions.
619 words, about 3 min