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NECO announces the 2023 SSCE results and vows to penalize 93 institutions for exam misconduct
He said that 1,196,985 candidates representing 616,398 males and 580,587 females sat for the examinations adding that 1,543 candidates with special needs also sat for the examinations.
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has revealed the results of the 2023 Internal Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE), with 61.60 percent of applicants obtaining five credits or more in subjects such as English and Mathematics.
According to the examination council, 93 schools were determined to be implicated in whole-school (mass) cheating, and 52 supervisors were recommended for blacklisting owing to poor supervision, aiding, and abetting during the examinations.
The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi disclosed this while announcing the release of the results of the Examination.
Wushishi said that the erring schools will be invited to the Council for discussion after which appropriate sanctions will be applied.
He said that 1,196,985 candidates representing 616,398 males and 580,587 females sat for the examinations adding that 1,543 candidates with special needs also sat for the examinations.
Wushishi noted: “Number of candidates with Special Needs is 1,542 which includes 913 candidates with hearing impairment, 162 candidates with visual impairment, 103 candidates with Albanism, 61 candidates with Autism, 149 candidates with low vision, and 154 candidates with Adermatoglyphia which are candidates with no fingerprints.
“737,308 representing 61.60 percent Candidates passed with five Credits and above, 1,013,611 representing 84.68 percent candidates had five Credits irrespective of English and Mathematics.”
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