The Kwara State Government has fixed Saturday, July 26, 2025, for the conduct of the Common Entrance (Placement) Examination into Junior Secondary Schools across the 16 local government areas of the state.
The state Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Dr. Lawal Olohungbebe, disclosed this on Wednesday at the Ministry’s headquarters in Ilorin, the state capital.
In a statement made available to PUNCH Online on Thursday by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Peter Amogbonjaye, the commissioner stated that “necessary arrangements have been concluded to ensure the smooth conduct of the examination.”
According to Olohungbebe, the examination will commence at the prompt of 8am at designated centres across the state.
He urged pupils, parents, and school administrators to adhere strictly to the examination guidelines.
The commissioner thanked Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for the full sponsorship of the examination and warned that any principal or headteacher found collecting illegal fees from pupils will face the full weight of the law.
