By Folaranmi Ajayi
Fifty-seven days after administering the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE), Nigeria’s National Examinations Council on Thursday announced the release of results.
The Council said about 11,419 candidates who sat for the November/December 2022 SSCE have been booked and penalised for various forms of malpractice.
Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, the registrar of NECO, announced this in Minna, Niger state, the examination body’s headquarters.
According to the registrar, a total of 59,124 candidates sat for the examination, of these 31,316 were males, representing 52.96 per cent while 27,808 were females representing 47.03 per cent.
Wushishi added that the number of candidates that sat for English Language was 58,012 out of which 44,162, representing 76.13 per cent passed with a credit and above, while the number of candidates that sat for Mathematics was 57,700, out of which 43,096, representing 74.69 per cent pass with a credit and above.
He further disclosed that the number of candidates who scored five credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics were 33,914 representing 57.36 per cent of the total number of candidates.
“Also 46,825 candidates, representing 79.20 per cent got five credits and above irrespective of English Language and Mathematics,” he said.
Speaking on examination malpractice, he said, “11,419 candidates were booked for various forms of malpractice, as against 4,454 in 2021, which shows a sharp rise in the number of malpractice cases”.
According to him, this is largely due to improvements in the strategy and technique adopted by the monitoring officers.
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.
According to The Punch, the 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination (external) was conducted by NECO from 21 November to 21 December 2022, 57 days ago.
Wushishi added that a total of 29 subjects were administered same as in 2021.
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