Just In: NECO Releases 2022 SSCE Results
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the 2022 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) results.
NECO Registrar, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, made the announcement on Thursday at the NECO Headquarters in Minna, Niger State.
Asides the results, Wushishi said the council blacklisted 29 supervisors for their alleged involvement in several malpractice offences.
He added that four schools were recommended for de-recognition for two years over consistent malpractices.
Also, Wushishi revealed that the council recorded a reduction in malpractice in the 2022 internal senior school certificate examinations as opposed to other years.
According to him, the reduction in malpractice during the examination was appreciable.
He said, “In the area of malpractices, 13, 595 were caught as against 20, 003 in year 2021, which showed appreciable decline in number of malpractices cases.
“Twenty nine supervisors were blacklisted for various offended ranging from poor supervision, insult, aiding and abetting during the examinations”.
Dantani noted that the number of candidates that registered for the Examinations were 1, 209, 703 while 1, 198, 412 sat for the examination.
He added that the number of candidates who got five credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics is 727, 864 representing 60.74 per cent.
Dantani further said that the number of candidates with special needs is 1, 031, adding that 98 with albinism, 177 with autism, 574 with hearing impairments and 107 are visually impaired.