NECO Releases Results for External Candidates, Announces Date for 2021 Exams

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of external candidates of the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE).

The release of the results was announced yesterday by the Registrar/Chief Executive of the NECO, Mr. Godswill Obioma, who disclosed that 39,503 out of 41,459 candidates that were registered sat for the examination.

A statement issued by Head, Information and Public Relations Division of NECO, Mr. Azeez Sani, said that the registrar explained that a total of 26,277 candidates obtained five credits and above including English Language and Mathematics.

Obioma reiterated the council’s zero tolerance for examination malpractice and noted that appropriate standards and excellence were maintained right from the planning stage to the release of results.

The registrar disclosed that 6,465 cases of examination malpractice were recorded in the 2020 SSCE External as against 17,004 cases in 2019.

He noted that the reduction in the level of malpractice was as a result of deepened monitoring of the examination by members of the governing board, management and senior staff of the council.

The registrar explained that four supervisors, who were found culpable of aiding and abetting, have been blacklisted and would no longer be engaged in the conduct of NECO examinations.