Entry Qualifications for Pre-NCE Programmes under NCCE Mandate

Pre-NCE Science and Vocational Subjects
i. WASSCE/NECO SSCE and GCE (O/L) with three credits and two passes in English Language Mathematics and two other science-related subjects or
ii. Complete Teachers Grade II Certificate with passes in English Language, Mathematics/Arithmetic processes, General/Integrated Science and any other science-related subjects such as Health Science, Agricultural Science, Applied Biology, Home Economics etc or
iii. WASSCE/NECO (SSCE) GCE O/L with four passes at a sitting in Mathematics and other relevant science subjects.
iv. Federal Craft Certificate (FCC) with passes in four academic subjects including Mathematics, Science English Language and Social Studies.

Pre-NCE Business Studies
i. WASSCE/NECO (SSCE)/GCE ‘O’ level with four passes at a sitting or 5 passes at two sittings including English Language, Mathematics and Business related subjects i.e. Accounting, Commerce, Economics and Shorthand.
ii. Complete Teachers Grade II Certificate with at least a pass in English Language, Mathematics/Arithmetic Processes, Integrated Science, Geography or Social Studies.
iii. National Business and Technical Education Board (NABTEB) Certificate with at least four passes including English Language and Mathematics.

Pre-NCE Nigerian Languages
i. WASSCE/NECO (SSCE)/GCE ‘O’ level with passes in at least four subjects at a sitting one of which must be at credit level in either English Language or Literature English at least a pass in one of the three major Nigerian Languages (Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba)
ii. WASSCE/NECO (SSCE)/GCE ‘O’ level with at least five passes at two sittings including a credit in English Language, or literature in English and a Nigerian language or a full Teachers Grade II Certificate with at least a pass in a Nigerian Language.

Pre-NCE Social Studies
i. SSCE/GCE (O/L) with four passes at a sitting or 5 passes at two sittings including English language and two Social Science related subjects, preferably Economics and Geography
ii. A complete Teachers Grade II Certificate with at least a pass in Economics, Geography and Social Studies.

PRE-NCE CURRICULUM COURSE OUTLINES

PRELIMINARIES
The table below should guide the Pre-NCE Students on the subjects to be offered for the following programmes that are not captured in the Pre-NCE Minimum Standards

The table below should also guide the Pre-NCE students on the subjects to be offered for the following Vocation and Technical Education Programmes