In the 2024 Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSCE) internal examination conducted by the National Examination Council (NECO), 828,284 candidates, representing 60.55% of the total, successfully obtained credit in both English Language and Mathematics.
NECO Registrar Prof. Dantani Wushishi announced the results at the council’s offices in Minna, the capital of Niger State, on Thursday. He stated that 1,376,436 candidates took the exam, and the results will be available approximately two months after the final examination.
NECO releases the 2024 SSCE Results, Over 800,000 Students Receive Credit In Math And English
Further analysis of the examination results revealed that an impressive 83.9% of candidates achieved five or more credits, excluding English Language and Mathematics.
Prof. Wushishi provided a detailed analysis of candidates involved in irregularities during the 2024 internal examination. He reported a significant decrease in the number of cases, with 8,407 candidates implicated compared to 12,030 in the previous year’s examination.
Furthermore, the NECO boss provided the following highlights of the results:
The number of candidates who have registered for the examination stands at 1,376,423. This figure comprises 706,950 male candidates and 669,473 female candidates.
The total number of candidates who participated in the examination was 1,367,736. Out of these, 702,112 were male candidates and 665,624 were female candidates.
About 60.55% of the candidates passed with five or more credits, including English and Maths. That’s 828,284 candidates.
Over 83% of the candidates, which is about 1.1 million, got five or more Credits, even if they didn’t pass English or Math.
During the examination, it was discovered that 40 schools across 17 states were involved in widespread cheating. These schools will now face a panel and be subject to appropriate disciplinary measures.