The National Examinations Council, NECO, has released the 2024 SSCE internal results.

The Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Professor Dantani Wushishi, disclosed this on Thursday while briefing newsmen at the organization’s headquarters in Minna, Niger State.

Prof Wushishi disclosed that 1,376,436 candidates sat for the examination and that the results are coming about two months after the final examination.

He added that 83.9% of the candidates who sat for the examination earned five credits and above, irrespective of English Language and Mathematics.

Wushishi also gave a further breakdown of candidates involved in malpractices in the 2024 internal examination. He said there were 8,407 cases, indicating a reduction from 12,030 in the 2023 examination.

“The 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) was conducted from Wednesday 19th June to Friday 26th July, 2024, while the Marking Exercise took place from Monday 19th August to Sunday 8th September, 2024.

“Today makes it 55 days after the last written paper, which signifies that all the processes leading to the successful release of the 2024 SSCE Internal results have been concluded,” he said.

According to him, 1,376,423, representing 706,950 males and 669,473 Females, registered for the examination.

He added: “Number of candidates that sat is 1,367,736 representing 702,112 Males and 665,624 females.

“Number of candidates with five Credits and above, including English and Mathematics is 828,284, representing 60.55%. Number of candidates with five Credits and above, irrespective of English and Mathematics is 1,147,597, representing 83.90%.”

He said that during the conduct of the examination, 40 schools were found to have been involved in mass cheating in 17 states, adding that they will be facing a panel and appropriate sanctions will be applied.