THE National Examinations Council has released the results
of the 2017 November/December Senior School Certificate Examination.
The
analysis shows that out of the 42,429 candidates that sat for the examination,
32,917 candidates, representing 77.58 per cent, have five credits and above in
various subjects.
While briefing newsmen on Tuesday at the council’s
headquarters in Minna, the Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of NECO, Prof.
Charles Uwakwe, said the release of the results came barely 38 days after the
examinations were conducted.
Uwakwe
said, “For candidates’ general performance by states, Ogun State has the best
result as 4,766 students out of the 5,213 that sat for the exam obtained five
credits and above in all subjects, representing 91.42 per cent. Zamfara State
records the worst result; only 24 out of the 186 candidates obtained five
credits and above, representing 12.90 per cent.”
He
added, “A total of 42,985 candidates registered, out of which 42,429 sat for the
examinations, and the number of candidates with five credits, including
Mathematics and English Language, put at 24,098 (56.79 per cent).”
It
was also gathered that out of a total number of 41,429 candidates that sat for
English Language, 29,258 had credit pass, representing 70.62 per cent; while
out of the 41,485 that sat for Mathematics, a total 32,701 candidates got
credit pass, representing 78.82 per cent.
Putting
the number of candidates with malpractice cases at 4,425, representing 10.43
per cent, Uwakwe said, “It represents 5.9 per cent reduction in cases compared
to 2016.”
While the
FCT, Kogi, Ondo and Taraba states have no cases of malpractices, having
recorded zero cases, representing 0.00 per cent, Plateau State records the
highest case with 943 candidates, representing 21.31 per cent. Mathematics has
the highest case with 728 candidates involved.
The
registrar advised candidates to access their results on NECO website
www.mynecoexam.com, using their examination registration number and scratch
cards.
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