The National Examinations Council, NECO, has released 2013 Senior Schools Certificate Examinations results .
According to Vanguard, there was a considerable improvement by the students nationwide compared with the past results.
NECO Registrar, Professor Promise Nwachukwu Okpala, said a total number of 1,052,898 candidates registered for the examinations.
Okpala said out of the figure, 1,034,263 candidates actually sat for the examinations. He noted that 681,507, representing 66. 63 per cent passed English Language at credit level while 668,314, representing 65.50 per cent also passed Mathematics at credit level.
According to the Registrar, 719593, representing 69.57 per cent passed at credit level, while number of candidates who made five passes and above stood at 998,624, representing 96. 55 per cent.
Also, the number of candidates involved in examinations malpractices dropped to 8,308, representing 0.80 per cent.
“This year’s result shows a remarkable improvement compared to that of 2011 result, which stood at 15.84 per cent pass at credit level and 2012 result of 51. 66 per cent also at credit level,” the elated Registrar declared.
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According to Vanguard, there was a considerable improvement by the students nationwide compared with the past results.
NECO Registrar, Professor Promise Nwachukwu Okpala, said a total number of 1,052,898 candidates registered for the examinations.
Okpala said out of the figure, 1,034,263 candidates actually sat for the examinations. He noted that 681,507, representing 66. 63 per cent passed English Language at credit level while 668,314, representing 65.50 per cent also passed Mathematics at credit level.
According to the Registrar, 719593, representing 69.57 per cent passed at credit level, while number of candidates who made five passes and above stood at 998,624, representing 96. 55 per cent.
Also, the number of candidates involved in examinations malpractices dropped to 8,308, representing 0.80 per cent.
“This year’s result shows a remarkable improvement compared to that of 2011 result, which stood at 15.84 per cent pass at credit level and 2012 result of 51. 66 per cent also at credit level,” the elated Registrar declared.
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