•Council releases 2023 SSCE external exam results

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has blacklisted two supervisors in Oyo and Lagos states and one examination centre in Borno State for alleged involvement in examination malpractice during last year’s Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) External.

NECO’s Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, announced this while addressing reporters yesterday in Minna, the Niger State capital, on the release of the External results.

The registrar said the two supervisors were blacklisted for poor supervision, inability to control candidates during the examination, as well as aiding and abetting.

He said the centre in Borno State was blacklisted for aiding and abetting the sharing of WhatsApp messages among some candidates.

Wushishi said 8,518 candidates were booked for various forms of malpractice, stressing that the cases included two centres in Kaduna and Ogun states that were allegedly involved in whole centre cases.

Announcing the results, the registrar said 74,950 candidates registered for the examinations out of which 74,342 sat for the examination.

“The number of candidates that sat for the English Language is 73,123, out of which 55,272, representing 75.59 per cent, got Credit and above.

“The number of candidates that sat for Mathematics is 73,119, out of which 67,815, representing 92.75 per cent, got Credit and above.

“The number of candidates that got five Credits and above, including English and Mathematics, is 50,066, representing 67.35 percent. Also, 63,539 candidates, representing 84.11 per cent, got five Credits and above, irrespective of English Language and Mathematics,” he said.

Wushishi also launched the automated annual posting calendar to address the problems associated with posting the Council’s workers for outstation assignments.

He said the e-posting calendar would address the lopsidedness and perceived favouritism that have trailed the posting of workers for outstation assignments. (The Nation)