NECO Releases 2024 SSCE Results, Records 60% Above Credit Pass in Maths & English

 

By Yomi Durojaye 

NECO Releases 2024 SSCE Results,  Records 60% Above Pass in Maths & English

The National Examinations Council has released the results of the June/July 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination, with 60.55 per cent of candidates securing five credits and above in English Language and Mathematics.

The Registrar of NECO, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, made this known while briefing journalists at the NECO headquarters on Thursday in Minna, Niger State.

Prof. Wushishi disclosed that a total of 1,376,423 candidates, comprising 706,950 males and 669,473 females, registered for the exam.

The NECO boss provided a further breakdown of the results: “The number of candidates that sat for the exam is 1,367,736, comprising 702,112 males and 665,624 female 

“The number of candidates with five credits and above, including English and Mathematics, is 828,284, representing 60.55%.

“The number of candidates with five credits and above, irrespective of English and Mathematics, is 1,147,597, representing 83.90%.”

Regarding examination malpractice, Wushishi noted that this year’s figures showed a significant reduction compared to last year.

He stated: “The number of candidates involved in various forms of malpractice in 2024 is 8,437, compared to 12,030 in 2023, indicating a reduction of 30.1%.”

The registrar, however, revealed that 40 schools were found to be involved in mass cheating during the examination.

“During the conduct of the 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination, 40 schools were found to have engaged in whole-school (mass) cheating in 17 states. They will be invited to the Council for discussion, after which appropriate sanctions will be applied. One school in Ekiti has been recommended for de-recognition for mass cheating in two core subjects and one Science subject.

“Similarly, 21 supervisors were recommended for blacklisting due to poor supervision, aiding and abetting, abscondment, extortion, drunkenness, and negligence in 12 states.”

He urged candidates who sat for the examination to visit the NECO website to access their results.

“At this juncture, I wish to formally declare that the 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination results are hereby released to the public. By this release, candidates can now access their results on the NECO website: www.neco.gov.ng using their examination registration number,” Wushishi said.

LASG releases results of common entrance examination

 By Elizabeth Osayande

The Lagos State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has officially released the results of the Year 2024 Placement Test by Continuous Assessment Scores, CAS of Primary Six Pupils in the State.

LASG releases results of common entrance examination

In a statement released by the Director of the Lagos State Examinations Board, Adebayo Orunsolu, the ministry announced that the results for Primary Six Pupils transitioning to Government Public Junior Secondary Schools for the Year 2024/2025 Academic Session are now available on the Lagos State Examinations Board’s Portal.

now available on the Lagos State Examinations Board’s Portal.

Orunsolu emphasized the convenience of accessing the results, stating, “Concerned authorities are requested to login with their Schools’ default/existing Username and Password provided during the registration of their Pupils to enable them print out the results with effect from Monday, 2nd September, 2024. This arrangement is aimed at reducing the delays previously associated with the process.”

The statement further outlines the seamless process for all concerned schools – Public and Approved Private Primary Schools in the State – to print their results online to eliminate the stress of having to physically visit the Board for the collection of the results.

Moreover, the Director highlighted the commitment to inclusivity in education, saying, “We promise to sustain the Education Policy that says ‘No child should be left behind.’ All successful Pupils in both Public and Approved Private Primary Schools will be given equal treatment.”

As the results are released, all approved private primary schools that participated in the examination are required to submit their results to the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board, LASUBEB to ensure the inclusion of the names of their Candidates who passed the test in the FIRST LISTS OF PUPILS to be placed for admission in Government Public Junior Secondary Schools in the State.

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2020 UTME: JAMB releases first day results

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Results of the 312,000 candidates that sat for Saturday’s 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) nationwide have been released, says Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

The Board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos.

Benjamin urged all concerned candidates to check their profiles for the results.



According to him, the board is optimistic that the entire exercise will be hitch-free, as it has worked assiduously to ensure that this year’s examination process will be one of the best ever conducted in recent times.

“I want to say that the Board is happy with the conduct of the examination on its first day, Saturday, March 14.

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“This is not to say that we did not register one or two technical hitches.

“There is no way anyone can embark on such massive exercise without a few hitches.

“However, the good thing is that, as soon as our attention is drawn to such hitches, we tackle them immediately.



“So, the Board is fully on ground to take on these hitches as they come, but in all, I must tell you, that we are happy with the conduct of the examination so far,’’ he said.

Benjamin assured that the Board would continue to ensure quality service delivery in a bid to give every deserving candidate an opportunity to excel.

NAN reports that, in continuation of the exercise, a total of 469, 670 candidates on Monday sat for the examination in various centres across the country.

The JAMB Head of Media and Information said by Tuesday, March 17, such candidates’ results would also be ready.

(NAN)