The results of the 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) have been announced by the National Examinations Council (NECO).
The council also revealed that it sanctioned two supervisors in Oyo and Lagos states and one exam centre in Borno state for engaging in exam malpractices in the 2023 SSCE external.
This was disclosed by NECO’s Registrar/Chief Executive, Professor Dantani Wushishi, while addressing journalists in Minna during the release of the 2023 SSCE external results.
He said that the two supervisors were sanctioned for poor supervision, lack of control over the candidates, and collusion, while the centre in Borno was sanctioned for collusion and sharing WhatsApp messages with candidates.
Wushishi said that 8,518 candidates were caught for various forms of malpractices, noting that the exam malpractices cases included two centers in Kaduna and Ogun states involved in whole center cases.
He announced that 74,950 candidates registered for the exams out of which 74,342 took the exam.
He said: “The number of candidates that sat for the English Language is 73,123 out of which 55,272 representing 75.59 percent got Credit and above.
“The number of candidates that sat for Mathematics is 73,119 out of which 67,815 representing 92.75 percent got Credit and above.
“The number of candidates that got five Credits and above including English and Mathematics is 50,066 representing 67.35 percent. Also, 63,539 candidates representing 84.11 percent get five Credits and above irrespective of English Language and Mathematics.”
The Registrar also launched the automated annual posting calendar to address the problems associated with posting the Council’s staff for out-of-station assignments.
He said that the e-posting calendar would address the imbalance and bias that mar staff posting for various assignments.
