NECO result for the 2023 SSCE is out, and over 700,000 candidates secured the necessary five credits including English and Mathematics to gain admissions.
The National Examinations Council, NECO, released the 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination, SSC, result 58 days after candidates wrote the final paper on August 11.
Announcing the NECO result at a news conference in Minna, Niger, on Tuesday, the Registrar, Professor Dantani Wushishi, said the 2023 SSCE was the best in recent years.
Mr Wushishi, who gave a breakdown of candidates’ performance said 737,308 candidates, representing 61.60% of the total number of applicants scored five credits and above, including Mathematics and English Language.
Wushishi disclosed that a total of 1,196,985, comprising 616,398 males and 580,587 females sat for the exam.
A total of 1,013,611 candidates scored five credits and above, irrespective of English Language and Mathematics, representing 84.68 per cent.
The 2023 SSCE internal examination was conducted from Monday, July 10 to Friday, August 11, while marking exercise commenced from August 30 to September 15.
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He said the release of the 2023 SSCE result came promptly due to the management’s desire to ensure that complete results were available.
On candidates with special needs, he said a total of 1,542 candidates sat for the examination.
A total of 913 candidates had hearing impairment and 162 candidates had visual impairment.
According to him, other candidates include 103 candidates with albinism, 61 candidates with autism, 149 candidates with low vision, 154 candidates with adermatoglyphia, among others.
Wushishi also said that the number of candidates involved in various forms of malpractice in 2023 was 12,030, representing 0.07%, as against 13,594, 0.13% in 2022.
