Are you preparing for the NECO 2025 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE)? Then you’ve landed on the right page. The National Examinations Council (NECO) 2025 timetable is a vital tool for students across Nigeria planning to succeed in their exams.
This article provides you with all the essential details you need to stay organized and ready, including the official timetable, downloadable PDF, exam preparation tips, and important updates.
NECO stands for the National Examinations Council, a Nigerian examination body that conducts the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for internal and external candidates. The SSCE Internal is for students in their final year of secondary school, typically conducted between June and July, while the SSCE External (GCE) is held around November/December.
For 2025, NECO has announced that the SSCE Internal exams will commence in June and conclude in July. The complete timetable is now available for students to start preparing.
Get fully prepared for your NECO SSCE Internal 2025 exams with the precise timetable released by ExpoTab. We’ve organized it for clarity—download the PDF, mark your subjects, and stay ahead!
Start Date: Monday, 16 June 2025
End Date: Friday, 25 July 2025
Timed to allow smooth progress across practicals, written exams, and orals.
Practical papers begin this week. Specific venues/times will be confirmed by your school or NECO state office.
- 10:00 am–1:00 pm – Data Processing Practical
- 10:00am – 11:00am – French Written Comprehension
- 11:00am – 12:45pm – French Written Expression
- 2:00pm–4:30pm – Music (Objective & Essay)
- 2:00pm–5:00pm – Electronics Practical
- 10:00am–1:30pm – Arabic (Objective & Essay)
- 2:00pm–5:00pm – History (Objective & Essay)
A packed day with multiple craft and trade subjects (all from 10:00am – 12:30pm/1:00pm):
- Auto-body, Auto-electrical, Auto-mechanical
- Welding & Fabrication (until 1:00 pm)
- Electronics/TV/Radio, Plumbing, Furniture Making, Catering, Textiles, Garment, Cosmetology, Mining, Tourism, Data Processing, Storekeeping, Bookkeeping, GSM Repairs, Salesmanship, Marketing, Commerce (2:10pm–4:50 pm)
- 10:00am–12:00pm – Biology Practical
- 10:00am–12:00pm – Chemistry Practical
- 2:00am–4:40pm – Store Management (Objective & Essay)
- 2:00am–4:30pm – Auto Mechanics (Essay)
- 10:00am–12:30pm – Geography (Objective & Practical/Physical)
- 2:00pm–5:00pm – Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba (Objective & Essay)
- 10:00am–11:00am – English Objective
- 11:15am–1:00pm – English Essay
- 1:15pm–2:00pm – English Oral Test
- 2:20pm–5:00pm – Insurance (Objective & Essay)
- 10:00am–12:45pm – Physics Practical
- 2:00pm–4:40pm – Government (Objective & Essay)
- 2:00pm–4:00pm – Electronics (Objective & Essay)
- 10:00pm–12:00am – Human & Regional Geography Essay
- 10:00am–1:00pm – Technical Drawing Practical
- 10:00am–11:40pm – Literature in English (Drama & Poetry)
2:00pm–4:30pm – Biology (Objective & Essay)
- 10:00am–1:00pm – Computer Studies Practical
- 2:00pm–4:15pm – Literature in English (Objective & Prose)
- 10:00am–1:00pm – Chemistry (Objective & Essay)
- 2:00pm–4:15pm – Literature in English (Objective & Prose)
All-day practicals and design papers:
- Painting & Decoration, Printing Craft, Photography, Leather Goods (all 10:00am–4:00pm)
- Mining Practical (10:00am–12:00pm)
- Fisheries & Animal Husbandry Practical (10:00am–11:30pm)
- Stenography Practical & Word Processing
- Technical Drawing (Objective & Drawing, 2:00pm–4:30pm)
Morning practical & essay sessions across technical trades (10:00am–12:15pm), including:
- Auto Parts, AC & Refrigeration, Electrical Installation, Blocklaying, Woodworking, Carpentry, Upholstery, Stenography, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Painting, Dyeing, Printing, Photography, Leather Goods Report Writing
- 10:00am–1:00pm – Economics (Objective & Essay)
- 2:00pm–5:0pm0 – Computer Studies (Objective & Essay)
- 10:00am–1:00pm– Physics (Objective & Essay)
- 10:00am–1:50pm – Financial Accounting (Objective, Theory & Practice)
- 2:00pm–5:00pm – Basic Electricity Practical
- 10:00am –11:45am – General Mathematics Objective
- 11:55am–2:25pm – General Mathematics Essay
- 2:45pm–5:15pm – Home Management (Objective & Essay)
Morning & afternoon sessions across:
- Woodwork (Drawing, Objective & Essay)
- Metalwork Practical & Essay
- Health Education Practical & Essay
- 10:00am–11:30pm – Agricultural Science Practical
- 10:00am–1:00pm – Building Construction Drawing & Visual Art Creative Design
- 10:00am–12:15pm – Basic Electricity (Objective & Essay)
- 2:00pm–5:00pm – Visual Art Drawing
- 10:00am–1:00pm – Civic Education (Objective & Essay)
- 2:00pm–4:00pm – Physical Education (Objective & Essay), Building Construction (Objective & Essay), Office Practice (Objective & Essay)
- 10:00am–12:30pm – CRS & Islamic Studies Objective & Essay
- 2:00pm–4:30pm – Foods & Nutrition Objective & Essay
- 10:00am–12:00pm – Further Mathematics Objective
- 12:00pm–2:30pm – Further Mathematics Essay
- 2:00pm–5:00pm – Visual Art Objective & Essay
- 10:00am–12:30pm – Agricultural Science Objective & Essay
Make sure you download, print, and mark your relevant papers:
👉 Download NECO 2025 Timetable (PDF)