The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) indicating a 2.3 percent increase in the number of candidates who scored five credits and above, including English and Mathematics.
The Registrar and Chief Executive of NECO, Professor Godswill Obioma, announced the results at the council’s headquarters in Minna on Wednesday.
Obioma said a total of I,221,447 candidates registered for the examination, “665,830 males and 555,617 females”.
According to him,”the number of candidates that sat for the examination is 1,209,992, 796 males, representing 55.53 percent and 550,126 females, representing 45.46 percent’’.
He said the number of candidates with special needs that sat for the examination was 160.
“Number of candidates who made credit and above in English language is 973,331, representing 82.68 percent. Number of candidates who made credit and above in Mathematics is 1,060,100, representing 90.08 percent. Number of candidates who made five credits and above including English and Mathematics is 984,101 representing 73.89 per cent; compared to 2019 June/July SSCE figures of 829,787,there is an increase of 2.3 percent. Number of candidates who made five credits and above irrespective of English Language is 1,112,041, representing 91.91 percent; compared to 2019 June/July SSCE figures of 1,04,989 there is an increase of 2.01 percent. Number of candidates involved in various forms of malpractice in 2020 is 33,470, representing 2.61 percent, and 40,630, representing 3.53 percent of such cases, were recorded in 2019″, the registrar said.
He said the council had a long tradition for zero tolerance for malpractice.
“Twelve schools – four in Adamawa, two in Kaduna State , two in Katsina, one in Taraba and one in FCT were recommended for de-recognition for two years for their involvement in mass cheating. While 24 Supervisors were blacklisted for various offences ranging from poor supervision,aiding abetting and connivance with non-candidates to write answers on chalkboard”.
Obioma said candidates could now access their results on NECO website: WWW.neco.gov.ng using their examination registration numbers.
