* Lists 40 schools involved in examinations malpractices in 17 States
* Blacklists 21 supervisors for poor supervision
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2024 senior secondary school examinations (internal) with 828,284, representing 60.55 percent of candidates, passing with five credits and above, including in English and Mathematics, as against 61.60 percent in 2023.
While 1,147,597 candidates representing 83.90 percent passed with five credits and above irrespective of English and Mathematics, this is against 84.68 percent in 2023.
Releasing the results at the NECO headquarters in Minna on Thursday, the Registrar and Chief Executive of NECO, Professor Dantani Wushishi, said 1,376,423 candidates made up of 706,950 males and 669,473 females registered for this year’s school based examinations.
Out of this number, 1,367,736 made up of 702,112 males and 665,624 females actually sat for the examinations.
The Registrar disclosed that the results of the examinations which took place between Wednesday 19th June and Friday 19th August 2024 were being released 55 days after the last written paper.
The NECO Boss said it has invited no fewer than 40 schools that were found to have been involved in various forms of examination malpractices, including in an entire school (mass) cheating, across 17 States during the just concluded Senior Schools Certificate Examinations.
“They have been invited by the council for discussions after which sanctions will be applied,” he said. “Similarly 21 supervisors were recommended for blacklisting due to poor supervision, aiding and abetting, abscondment, extortion, drunkenness and negligence in 12 States.
“Consequently, he disclosed that one school in Ekiti State (name withheld) has been recommended for de-recognition for mass cheating in two core subjects and one science subject.”
He further disclosed that a total of 8,437 candidates were involved in various forms of malpractice in the just concluded examinations as against 22,030 in the 2023, a reduction of 30.1 percent.
He, therefore, urged candidates who sat for the examinations to excess their results on the council’s website: www.neco.gov.ng, using their examination registration number.
