JUST IN: NECO Releases 2024 SSCE Result, Reveals Number Of Candidates With Over 5 Credits
The results of the internal Senior Schools Certificate Examination (SSCE) for 2024 has been made public by the National Examinations Council (NECO).
In an announcement made on Thursday at the Council Headquarters in Minna, Niger State, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, Registrar and CEO of the Council, stated that 828,284, about 60.55 percent, had five credits, including mathematics and English language.
Wushishi said 1,376,423 representing 709, 950 males and 669,473 females registered for this year’s internal examination while 1,367,736 representing 702,112 males and 665,624 sat for the examination.
The registrar said the number of candidates with five credits and above irrespective of the English language and Mathematics was 1,147, 597 accounting for 83.90 per cent while those who with special needs was 2,267.
He said the council recorded 30.1 percent decline in the number of candidates involved in various forms of examination malpractice this year with 8,437 as against 12,030 in 2023.
According to the registrar, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Borno, and Zamfara performed low, while Abia, Imo, and Ebonyi states did well.
According to Professor Wushishi, 40 schools in 17 states were discovered to have engaged in widespread cheating.
He said that before any sanctions were implemented, the affected schools would be invited for a discussion. Additionally, he stated that one school in Ekiti State had been recommended for de-recognition due to widespread cheating in two core subjects and one science subject.
He also said that a recommendation had been made to place 21 supervisors on a blacklist across 12 states due to inadequate supervision, extortion, aiding and abetting, intoxication, absconding, and incompetence.
