NECO Releases 2020 SSCE Results, Says 73.89% Pass With Five Credits, Including Maths, English
The National Examinations Council has released the 2020 Senior Secondary School Examination (SSCE) results with a 2.3 percent increase in the number of candidates who scored five credits and above, including English and Mathematics.
The Registrar and Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Godswill Obioma, announced the results at the council’s headquarters in Minna on Wednesday.
Obioma said a total of I,221,447 candidates registered for the examination, “665,830 males and 555,617 females.”
”The number of candidates that sat for the examination is 1,209,992, 796 males, representing 55.53 percent and 550,126 females, representing 45.46 percent’’.
He said that the number of candidates with special needs that sat for the examination was 160.
“Number of candidates who made credit and above in the English language is 973,331, representing 82.68 percent. The number of candidates who made credit and above in Mathematics is 1,060,100, representing 90.08 percent.
“Number of candidates who made five credits and above including
English and Mathematics are 984,101 representing 73.89 percent; compared to 2019 June/July SSCE figures of 829,787, there is an increase of 2.3 percent.
” Number of candidates who made five credits and above irrespective of English Language is 1,112,041, representing 91.91 percent; compared to 2019 June/July SSCE figures of 1,04,989 there is an increase of 2.01 percent
” Number of candidates involved in various forms of malpractice in 2020 is 33,470, representing 2.61 percent, and 40,630, representing 3.53 percent of such cases, were recorded in 2019″, the registrar said.
He said that the council had a long tradition of zero tolerance for malpractice.
“Twelve schools – four in Adamawa, two in Kaduna State, two in Katsina, one in Taraba, and one in FCT were recommended for de-recognition for two years for their involvement in mass cheating.
“While 24 supervisors were blacklisted for various offenses ranging from poor supervision, aiding, abetting and connivance with non-candidates to write answers on the chalkboard,’’ he said.
Obioma said that candidates could now access their results on the NECO website: WWW.neco.gov.ng using their examination registration numbers.
