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NECO releases 2024 SSCE results

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2024 internal Senior Schools Certificate Examination (SSCE).

The Registrar and CEO of the Council, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, who announced the release on Thursday at the Council Headquarters in Minna, Niger State said, 828,284, representing 60.55 percent scored five credits including English language and Mathematics.

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.

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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.

The registrar revealed that Abia, Imo and Ebonyi states topped the performance while the lowest performing states were Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Borno and Zamfara.

Professor Wushishi revealed that 40 schools were found to have involved in mass cheating in 17 states, saying that the affected schools would invited for discussion before sanctions would be applied, adding that one school in Ekiti State had been recommended for de-recognition for mass cheating in two core subjects and one science subject.

He also revealed that 21 supervisors in 12 states had been recommended for blacklisting for poor supervision, aiding and abetting, extortion, drunkenness abscondment and negligence.

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