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NECO RELEASE 2023 SSCE EXTERNAL RESULTS. (PHOTO).


 


NECO Releases 2023 SSCE EXTERNAL Results

February 26, 2024.


The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) External results.

The examination body also said that it blacklisted two supervisors in Oyo and Lagos states and one examination centre in Borno state for being involved in examination malpractices in the 2023 SSCE external.


NECO’s Registrar/Chief Executive, Professor Dantani Wushishi disclosed this while briefing journalists in Minna during the release of the 2023 SSCE external results.


According to him, the two supervisors were blacklisted for poor supervision, inability to control the candidates, and aiding and abetting while the centre in Borno was blacklisted for aiding and abetting for sharing WhatsApp messages with candidates.


Wushishi said that 8,518 candidates were booked for various forms of malpractices, adding that the examination malpractices cases included two centers in Kaduna and Ogun states involved in whole center cases.


Announcing the results said that 74,950 candidates registered for the examinations out of which 74,342 sat for the examination.


He said: “The number of candidates that sat for the English Language is 73,123 out of which 55,272 representing *75.59 percent got Credit and above.*


“The number of candidates that sat for Mathematics is 73,119 out of which 67,815 representing *92.75 percent got Credit and above.*


“The number of candidates that got five Credits and above including English and Mathematics is 50,066 representing 67.35 percent. Also, 63,539 candidates representing 84.11 percent get five Credits and above irrespective of English Language and Mathematics.”


The Registrar also launched the automated annual posting calendar to address the problems associated with posting the Council’s staff for out-of-station assignments.


He said that the e-posting calendar would address the lopsidedness and favoritism that trail staff posting for various assignments.

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