NECO
National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the 2023 November/December Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) results, with 67.35% of candidates scoring five credits and above in English Language and Mathematics.
The Registrar and Chief Executive of NECO, Professor Dantani Wushishi, made the official announcement of the results at the NECO headquarters in Minna, Niger State, on Monday.
This is just as the Council also announced the launching of the e-Posting Software that is designed to address the myriad of problems associated with the posting of the Council’s staff for out-of-station assignments.
The examination was conducted from Monday, November 20 to Wednesday, December 20, 2023.
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.
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