The National Examinations Council (NECO) on Thursday published the 2017 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) result. The Registrar of the Council, Prof. Charles Uwakwe announced the result at the Headquarters of NECO in Minna, the Niger State Capital. He stated that out of the 1, 051, 472 candidates who sat for the examination, only 745, 053 got the required five credits including English Language and Mathematics.
He further disclosed that 50, 586 of the candidates were involved in examination malpractice, stressing that the figure represented 4.81% of the total number of candidates.
According to him "out of the 1,055,988 candidates who registered for the examinations in Nigeria and other countries only 1,051,472 sat and only 745,053 (70.85 percent) got 5 credits and above including Mathematics and English Language. We have 50,586 (4.81 percent) candidates involved in examination malpractice and this represents 0.52% increment compared with 2016 that had 43,905 cases (4.29%). A total of 276 schools were involved in mass cheating in 34 states and 6 schools have been de-recognized with 23 supervisors blacklisted for aiding malpractice."
Giving further breakdown of the result, the Registrar said "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 "903,690 candidates had credit in English Language, while 849,335 candidates had credit in General Mathematics."
