JUST-IN: 2023 NECO SSCE external results is out

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results for the 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE).

The examination organization also stated that it has blacklisted two supervisors in Oyo and Lagos states, as well as one examination centre in Borno state, for their involvement in examination malpractices during the 2023 SSCE external.

Professor Dantani Wushishi, NECO’s Registrar/Chief Executive, announced this while briefing press in Minna on the publication of the 2023 SSCE external results.

According to him, the two supervisors were blacklisted for insufficient supervision, failure to oversee the candidates, and helping and abetting, while the Borno center was blacklisted for aiding and abetting by sharing WhatsApp conversations with candidates.

Wushishi stated that 8,518 candidates were charged with various forms of malpractice, and that the test malpractice cases included two centers in Kaduna and Ogun states that were implicated in whole-center cases.

Announcing the results said that 74,950 candidates registered for the examinations out of which 74,342 sat for the examination.

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 lopsidedness and favoritism that trail staff posting for various assignments.