NECO - National Examination Council, has just released the performance statistics of students who participated in the NECO examination following the release of the results of the 2024 Senior School Certificate Examinations, SSCE, internals with 828,284 candidates, representing 60.55 per cent, scoring five credits, including Mathematics and English Language.
NECO Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Prof Dantana Wushishi made this disclosure while releasing the results before newsmen at the Council’s Headquarters in Minna, Niger State on Thursday.
Wushishi revealed that the number of candidates who made five credits and above, irrespective of English Language and Mathematics, is 1,147,597 representing 83.90 per cent.
Abia State has ranked number one in this year's NECO examination, leading other states in the country as 83.40 per cent of its candidates scored five credits and above, including Mathematics and English language, while Katsina State ranked bottom on the table with 2.42 percent.
He noted that out of the 1,376,736 candidates that registered for the examination, only 1,367,423 sat for it, of which a total of 702,112 candidates were male and 665,624 female.
According to him, “The number of candidates involved in various forms of malpractice in the NECO exam 2024 is 8,437 as against 12,030 in 2023 which shows a reduction of 30.1 percent.”
The registrar also stated that the number of candidates with special needs is 2,267. A breakdown of the special needs shows that 1,104 have hearing impairment; 348 have visual impairment; 342 have albinism; 237 have autism; and 236 have low vision.
He further revealed that during the conduct of the 2024 SSCE, 40 schools were found to have been involved in whole-school (mass) cheating in 17 states while 21 supervisors were recommended for blacklisting due to poor supervision, aiding and abetting, abscondment, extortion, drunkenness and negligence in 12 states.
“One school in Ekiti State was recommended for de-recognition for mass cheating in 2 core subjects and 1 science subject,” Wushishi said.
0 Comments