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The National Examination Council (NECO) has announced the results for the 2024 common entrance examination for Unity schools, revealing that 13 candidates scored as low as 01. This information was shared by the Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Sununu, during a press briefing on Tuesday.

Dr. Sununu reminded the public that 71,291 candidates sat for the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE), which took place across 599 centers on Saturday, June 1, 2024. The data released by NECO highlighted Lagos State as having the highest number of participants, with 17,751 candidates. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) followed with 10,209 candidates, while Anambra State was third with 4,972 candidates.

Out of the total registered candidates, 4,360 were absent, leaving 66,931 who were present for the exam. The minister also noted that the highest score achieved was 203 out of a possible 210.

Dr. Sununu emphasized that the admission process for Unity schools will continue to be based on 60% merit, ensuring fairness and transparency in the selection process. Further details regarding the results and subsequent admissions are expected to be disclosed soon.

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Former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been named the next Angelopoulos Global Public Leaders Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School.

Harvard Kennedy School Dean, Douglas Elmendorf, made the announcement on Monday.

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“Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will bring to the Kennedy School a wealth of practical experience and insights into the development challenges and achievements in Africa and across the developing world,” Elmendorf said.

“As the longest-serving finance minister in Nigeria and a leader at the World Bank for more than two decades, she engineered successful new approaches to fostering sustained and inclusive growth in developing countries. She will enrich our campus conversation on the public policy choices needed for effective governance that serves societies.”
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In October 2019, she delivered the Robert S. McNamara Lecture on War and Peace in the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at the Kennedy School.

“I am honored to be able to return to the Kennedy School as the Angelopoulos Fellow, and to work with students and faculty who are wrestling every day with the world’s most complex development problems,” she said.

In her 25-year career at the World Bank, the erudite scholar rose to the No. 2 position of managing director of operations and oversaw the development portfolio for South Asia, Africa, Europe, and Central Asia.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard University (1976), Okonjo-Iweala earned her doctorate from MIT and has been awarded 15 honorary degrees.

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The Angelopoulos Global Public Leaders Program provides opportunities for high-profile public leaders who are transitioning from office or other leadership roles to spend time in residence at Harvard Kennedy School reflecting, teaching, learning, and conducting research. During her time at the Kennedy School, Okonjo-Iweala will meet with students and scholars as well as lecture, write, and participate in public discussions and forums.

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