Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia
The National Examinations Council, NECO, Thursday, released the result of the November/December 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, 57 days after the examination was conducted.
This was announced by NECO Registrar, Prof Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, in Minna, Niger State.
According to the Registrar, 59,124 candidates sat for the examination, with 31,316 males, representing 52.96 per cent while 27,808, representing 47.03 per cent were female.
He said that the number of candidates that sat for the English Language was 58,012 out of which 44,162, representing 76.13 per cent got Credit and above.
The Registrar further said that the number of candidates that sat for Mathematics was 57,700, out of which 43,096, representing 74.69 per cent got Credit and above.
According to him, the number of candidates who got five credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics is 33,914 representing 57.36 per cent.
“Also 46,825 candidates, representing 79.20% got five (5) Credits and above irrespective of English Language and Mathematics,” he said.
The Registrar said 11,419 candidates were booked for various forms of examination malpractice as against 4,454 in 2021, indicating a sharp rise in the number of malpractice cases.
He attributed the discovery to the improvement in the strategy and technique adopted by the monitoring officers.
“This led to the blacklisting of four (4) supervisors, one (1) each from Rivers and Plateau States and two (2) from Ogun State for aiding and abetting as well as poor supervision,” he said.
