The
National Examination Council (NECO) has announced the release of the
2017June/July Senior School Certificate Examination results.
The
Registrar of the council, Charles Uwakwe, a professor on Thursday announced the
results in Minna.
Mr.
Charles Uwakwe said that 1,051,472 wrote the tests in 76 subjects out of
1,055,988 candidates registered for the examination.
Mr.
Uwakwe said that 745,053 candidates, had five credits and above, including
English Language and mathematics, in the examination, representing 70.85 per
cent.
He said
the there is 1.11 perrcent improvement in candidates’ performance as compared
with the 2016 results.
He said
that 947,850 candidates had five credits and above irrespective of English
Language and mathematics, adding that the figure represented 1.63 per cent
improvement of the 2016 result.
He also
said that 849,335 candidates had credit in General Mathematics, while 903,690
candidates had credit in English Language.
He
explained that 4.81 per cent of candidates, representing 50,586 candidates,
were involved in examination malpractice.
Mr.
Uwakwe said the figure represented 0.52 per cent increase in cases of
malpractice compared to the 2016 record.
He said
that 276 schools were involved in mass cheating in 34 states, while six schools
were de-recognised for examination malpractice.
Mr.
Uwakwe explained that 23 supervisors who aided malpractice one way or another
were
blacklisted.
He
advised the candidates to access their results on NECO website
www.mynecoexams.com.
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