The Nationwide Examinations Council (NECO) has launched the outcomes of the 2024 Senior College Certificates Examination (SSCE) for school-based candidates.
NECO Registrar, Dantani Wushishi, a professor, introduced the outcome on the examination physique’s headquarters in Minna, Niger State, on Thursday.
Statistics
In line with the examination physique, a complete of 1,376,423 candidates, comprising 706,950 males and 669,473 females registered for the interior examinations however 1,367,736 sat the examination.
For those who sat the examination, NECO stated a complete of 706,950 of the candidates are males, whereas 669,473 are females.
In the meantime, in 2023, the examination physique had 1.2 million candidates registered for the examination.
In line with the statistics obtained from NECO, a complete of 828,284 representing 60.55 per cent of the 1,367,736 candidates who sat the examination, had no less than credit in 5 topics together with English Language and Arithmetic.
Acquiring credit in 5 topics related to the chosen programs of research together with English Language and Arithmetic is among the necessities for admission into tertiary establishments in Nigeria.
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For 3 years operating, the go price amongst NECO candidates for the school-based examination has hovered across the similar determine. It was 61.60 per cent in 2023 and 60 per cent in 2022.
In the meantime, 83.90 per cent (1,147,597) obtained credit in no less than 5 topics no matter English Language and Arithmetic. Final yr, the determine was 84.68 per cent of candidates who sat the examination.
Candidates with particular wants
NECO stated a complete of two,267 candidates with particular wants sat the examinations, with 1,104 of them having listening to impairment; 348 with visible impairment; 342 with albinism; 237 with autism, and 236 with low imaginative and prescient.
Malpractice
The variety of candidates concerned in numerous types of malpractice this yr is 8,437, the examination physique stated. This determine has continued to cut back within the final three years.
Final yr, NECO had 12,030 candidates concerned in examinations malpractice. In 2022, it was 13,595.
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