The
National Examination Council NECO has released the results of
November/December 2016 Senior School Certificate Examinations, SSCE.
Students writing exams
The result of the 2016 November/December Senior School Certificate
Examination, has been released by the National Examinations Council
(NECO) on Tuesday, February 21st.
Speaking to news reporters at the council’s headquarters in Minna,
the Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Charles Uwakwe, said that
the release of the results is coming exactly sixty days after the exams
were conducted.
In the analysis for candidates’ general performance by States, Ogun
state has the best result as 5,183 students obtained five credits and
above in all subjects representing 91.13% while Zamfara state records
the worst result with only 59 candidates obtaining 5 credits and above
representing 25.65%.
According to Uwakwe “a total of 47,941 candidates registered,
out of which 47,118 sat for the examinations, and the number of
candidates with five credits including Mathematics and English Language
put at 28,530 (60.55%)”.
A total number of 46,024 candidates sat for English language with
33,303 credit pass representing 72.34%, while out of the 45,574 that sat
for Mathematics, a total 39,454 candidates got credit pass representing
86.54%.
While putting the number of candidates with malpractice cases at
7,699 representing16.3%, Abia state records the highest case with 953
candidates representing 12.37%, with Edo state as least state in
malpractices recording only 8 case representing 0.10%. English has the
highest case with 1,162 candidates involved.
Uwakwe advised candidates to access their results on NECO website
www.mynecoexam.com, using their Examination Registration Number and
scratch cards.
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