The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the 2022 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) results.
NECO Registrar, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, made this announcement on Thursday at the NECO Headquarters in Minna, Niger State.
He revealed that the number of candidates who made Credit and above in the English language is 889,188, representing 74.89% while the number of candidates who made Credit and above in Mathematics is 929,140, representing 78.23%.
Wushishi added that the council blacklisted 29 supervisors for their alleged involvement in various malpractice offences, while four schools were recommended for de-recognition for two years over consistent malpractices.
Wushishi revealed that the council recorded a decline in malpractice in the 2022 internal senior school certificate examinations as against other years.
According to him, the decline in malpractice during the examination was appreciable.
“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”, he revealed.
He added that candidates who registered for the Examinations were 1, 209, 703 while 1, 198, 412 sat for the examination.