…As examination body suspends 20 supervisors over malpractices
By Racheal Oyelola
The National Examination Council, NECO, has released the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, SSCE, (internal) with a total of 878,925 candidates scoring five credits and above including Mathematics and English Language, representing 71.64 percent.
When compared with the 2020 SSCE figure of 894,101 representing 73.89 percent, there is a decrease of 2.25 percent.
Announcing the release of the results, the Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of NECO, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, said a total of 1,233,631 registered, while 1,226,796 actually sat for the exams.
He explained that candidates who made five credits and above irrespective of English Language and Mathematics are 1,226,796 representing 94.04 percent.
Also, when compared with the 2020 SSEC figure of 1, 112,041 representing 91.91 percent, there is an increase of 2.13 percent.
According to him, a total of 20,003 candidates were involved in various exams malpractices, representing 1.63 percent, compared to 33,470 representing 2.61 percent cases recorded in 2020.
He further attributed the delay in the release of the results to both internal and external candidates to challenges facing the organization.
Meanwhile, the National Examination Council, (NECO), has blacklisted 20 supervisors involved in various examination offenses during the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, SSCE, (Internal).
The Registrar and Chief, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi made the disclosure in Minna, Niger State.
He revealed that the offenses include: poor supervision, aiding and abetting, connivance and extortion.
Wushishi also said five schools have been recommended for de-recognition for two years due to their involvement in mass or whole exams malpractices cutting across various states.
The breakdown showed three schools, one each in Bauchi, Kaduna, and Bayelsa states, while two schools were involved in Katsina state.
Speaking on the delay in the release of results, the NECO boss said, “We wish to assure candidates and parents that we will do everything within our power to ensure that it does not happen again as was the practice before, results were normally released 90 days after the last written paper.”
The Registrar further reiterated the commitment of the council to conducting credible exams aimed at improving the overall quality of education in the country.