-Sam Philip
Admission seekers, who have been awaiting the O’ Level results can now heave a sigh of relief as National Examination Council(NECO) on Thursday released the results of the 2024 Senior School Certificate Examinations, SSCE.
According to the council’s record, no fewer 828,284 candidates wrote the examination as internal candidates.
This was put at 60.55 percent of the total candidates, who scored five credits, including Mathematics and English Language.
According to the NECO Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Prof Dantana Wushishi who spoke at the Council’s Headquarters in Minna, Niger State, the number of candidates who made five credits and above, irrespective of English Language and Mathematics, is 1,147,597 representing 83.90 per cent.
He revealed that out of the 1,376,423 candidates that registered for the examination, only 1,367,736 wrote the examination, of which a total of 702,112 candidates were male and 665,624 female.
He said: “The number of candidates involved in various forms of malpractice in 2024 is 8,437 as against 12,030 in 2023 which shows a reduction of 30.1 percent.
“The number of candidates with special needs is 2,267. A breakdown of the special needs shows 1,104 have hearing impairment; 348 visual impairment; 342 albinism; 237 autism; and 236 low vision.”
Wushishi further revealed that during the conduct of the 2024 SSCE, 40 schools were found to have been involved in whole school (mass) cheating in 17 states, while 21 supervisors were recommended for blacklisting due to poor supervision, aiding and abetting, abscondment, extortion, drunkenness and negligence in 12 states.
A school in Ekiti State was recommended for de-recognition for mass cheating in two core subjects and one science subject.
The performance analysis by states revealed that Abia State lead other states of the federation as 83.40 per cent of its candidates scored five credits and above, including Mathematics and English language, while Katsina State ranked bottom on the table with 2.42 percent
The Registrar explained: “The state also leads in candidates with five credits and above irrespective of Mathematics and English language 95.84 percent.
“For least performed states with five credits and above, including mathematics and English language, Katsina State is bottom on the table with 42.00 percent with just 2.42 percent ahead of Kano which came second to least with 44.42 percent.”
Meanwhile, some higher institutions of learning may likely extend the period for those whose results are just relieved to have the opportunity of applying for admission into the schools
