The National Examination Council, NECO, has released the June/July 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) results.
The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of NECO, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi made the announcement at NECO headquarters while briefing Journalists in Minna, Niger State.
He disclosed that 61.60% of students scored five credits and above in English Language and Mathematics, adding that a total of 1,205,888 students registered for the examination. According to him, of that number, 1,196,985 students sat for the exams, representing 616,398 males and 580,587 females.
The 2023 SSCE internal was conducted from Monday 10th July to Friday 11th August 2023, while marking exercise commenced from Wednesday 30th August to Friday 15th September 2023.
According to him, the release of the 2023 SSCE comes 58 days after the last written paper due to the management’s desire to ensure that the complete results are released.
On candidates with special needs, he said a total of 1,542 candidates sat for the examination, out of which 913 candidates had hearing impairment and 162 candidates had visual impairment.
Other include; 103 candidates with Albinism, 61 candidates with Autism, 149 candidates with low vision, 154 candidates with Adermatoglyphia, among others.
Wushishi also disclosed that the number of candidates involved in various forms of malpractice in 2023 is 12,030, representing 0.07 per cent as against 13,594, 0.13 per cent in 2022