National Examination Council has announced the release of November/December 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination results.
NECO Registrar, Prof Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, made the announcement in Minna, Niger state on Thursday, 16 February, 2023.
According to Prof. Wushishi, a total of 59,124 candidates sat for the examination, with 31,316 males, representing 52.96 per cent while 27,808, representing 47.03 per cent were female.
Wushishi added that the number of candidates that sat for English Language is 58,012 out of which 44,162, representing 76.13 per cent got Credit and above, while the number of candidates that sat for Mathematics is 57,700, out of which 43,096, representing 74.69 per cent got Credit and above.
He further announced that Candidates with five Credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics is 33,914 representing 57.36 per cent.
“While 46,825 candidates, representing 79.20% got five Credits and above irrespective of English Language and Mathematics,”
On examination malpractice, he said, “11,419 candidates were booked for various forms of malpractices as against 4,454 in 2021, which shows a sharp rise in the number of malpractice cases”.
“This led to the blacklisting of four supervisors, one each from Rivers and Plateau States and two from Ogun State for aiding and abetting as well as poor supervision,” he said.
Wushishi concluded that , a total of 29 subjects were examined.
