NECO Releases 2022 SSCE Result, Statistics

The National Examinations Council, NECO on Thursday 29th September released the 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, internal results.

Announcing the results in Minna, Niger State, the Registrar of NECO, Professor Dantani Wushishi, said the 2022 exercise was adjudged credible by stakeholders who monitored the examinations across the country.

Wushishi noted that 1,209,703 candidates registered for the examination with 636,327 male, representing 52.60 per cent and 573,376 female, representing 47.39 per cent.

According to the NECO boss, only 1,198,412 candidates actually sat for the examination with 630,180 male, representing 52.58 per cent and 568,232 female, representing 47.41 per cent.

He said the number of candidates who made five Credits and above including English Language and Mathematics is 727,864 representing 60.74 per cent.

Wushishi noted that there is a decrease of 10.9 per cent when compared to 2021 SSCE, Internal, figures of 878,925 or 71.64 per cent.

He also stated that there is a drastic drop in cases of malpractice in 2022 exercise compared to the figure of 2021, pointing out that the council has a long-standing tradition for zero tolerance for malpractice hence the change.

The NECO Chief announced that four schools were recommended for de-recognition for two years due to their involvement in mass cheating/whole school cases.