The external results of the 2023 November/December Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) have been released by the National Examinations Council (NECO), and 67.35% of candidates earned five credits or higher in English Language and Mathematics.
The results were formally announced on Monday at the NECO office in Minna, Niger State, by Professor Dantani Wushishi, Registrar and Chief Executive of NECO.
The Council also recently announced the debut of e-Posting Software, which aims to solve the numerous issues related to posting Council employees for assignments outside of their home locations.
Wushishi, who said the result was released just 67 days after the last examination, said candidates can access their results on the NECO official website www.neco.gov.ng, using their examination registration number.
He said the number of candidates that registered for the examination was 74,950 with 39,213 (52.31%) males and 35,737 (47.68%) females while candidates that eventually sat for the examinations were 74,342 with 38,867 (52.28%) males and 35,475 (47.71%) females.
“The number of candidates that sat for English Language is 73,124 out of which 55,272, representing 75.59% got Credit and above.
“The number of candidates that sat for Mathematics is 73,119, out of which 67,815, representing 92.75% got Credit and above.
“The number of Candidates who got five (5) Credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics is 50,066 representing 67.35%.
“Also 62,530 candidates, representing 84.11% got five (5) Credits and above irrespective of English Language and Mathematics.
“The number of candidates booked for various forms of malpractice is 8,518, as against 11,419 in 2022, which shows a decline in the number of malpractice cases by 25.4%,” he said.
The Registrar added that said the examination malpractice
cases for 2023 SSCE External included two centres, one each in Kaduna and Ogun States involved in whole centre cases. [CONTINUE READING HERE]
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