Saturday, 17 September 2016

NECO Releases June/July 2016 SSCE Results, Students Set Exams Good Records

The National Examination Council, NECO, has published the 2016 June/July Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) results. The current year's outcomes demonstrate another exam record of 88.51% pass level. Declaring the outcomes on Friday at NECO base camp in Minna, Registrar of the C ouncil, Prof. Charles Uwakwe, said 88.51 percent of the applicants got no less than five credits including Mathematics and English Language. He clarified that 905,011 (84.54%) of applicants got 5 credits or more in English Language while 812,846 (80.16 percent) got 5 credits or more in Mathematics. Uwakwe noted further that the comparative analysis of candidates performance in the examination for 2015 and 2016 shows one percent (1%) change in the general performance of applicants in 2016 (88.51%) as contrasted and 2015 (87.51%). Ekiti State recorded the most astounding of 96.48 percent and Katsina State recording the least with 72.59 percent. Prof. Uwakwe said that 1,022,474 candidates in Nigeria and different nations sat and wrote the examination out of 1,027,016 who registered. The NECO boss included that 43,905 instances of malpractice was recorded, and the quantity of schools required in mass duping as 194, including that the results of applicants included have been scratched off.