The National Examination Council (NECO) has announced that no fewer than 727,864 representing 60.74 per cent of the 1,198,412 candidates who sat for this year’s Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), obtained five credits and above, including English language and Mathematics.
A total of 889,188 candidates who sat for the school-based examinations this year obtained five credits for the English language, representing 74.89 per cent.
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Overall, 929,140 candidates scored credits and above in Mathematics.
Professor Ibrahim Dantani Wushishi, the Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of NECO, who announced the release of the result at the NECO headquarters in Minna Niger State capital on Thursday, stated that a total number of 1,209,703 with males 636,327 and females 573,376 registered for this year’s Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations.