8,518 Booked For Examination Malpractices As NECO Releases 2023 External SSCE

The National Examinations Council, (NECO) has disclosed that a total of 8,518 candidates were booked for various forms of malpractice during its November/ December 2023 External Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE).

Registrar of NECO, Prof Dantani Wushishi, who disclosed this while releasing the result in Minna on Monday, however stated that there was a 25.4 percent reduction in the number of cases as 11,419 cases were recorded in 2022.

“The examination malpractice cases for 2023 SSCE External included two centres, one each in Kaduna and Ogun States involved in whole centre cases.

” Two supervisors, one each in Oyo and Lagos States were blacklisted for poor supervision, inability to control the candidates, and for aiding and abetting. One centre in Borno State was blacklisted for aiding and abetting by sharing whatsapp messages to candidates,” he said.

Wushishi, who stated that 74,950 registered for the exam out of which 74,342 sat for the exercise, added that 50,066 representing 67.35percent secured five Credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics.

“The number of candidates that registered for the examination is 74,950 with 39,213 (52.31 per cent) male and 35,737 (47.68 per cent) female.

“The number of candidates that sat was 74,342 with 38,867 (52.28 per cent) male and 35,475 (47.71 per cent) female.

“The number of candidates that sat for the English Language is 73,124 out of which 55,272, representing 75.59 per cent got Credit and above.

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

“The number of Candidates who got five (5) Credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics is 50,066 representing 67.35 per cent.

“Also 62,530 candidates, representing 84.11 per cent got five (5) Credits and above irrespective of English Language and Mathematics,” he explained.

Speaking further, Wushishi, who said the level of malpractices recorded reduced drastically when compared to the 2022 examination, however, said two supervisors were blacklisted for various infractions.

He called on candidates to access their results by visiting the NECO official website www.neco.gov.ng, using their examination registration number.

The NECO boss also unveiled an e-posting software to facilitate seamless posting of staff to various parts of the country during its scheduled examinations.

He stated that the e-Posting Software is designed to address the myriad of problems associated with posting of NECO staff for out-of-station assignments.

Wushishi noted that prior to the introduction of the annual staff posting Calendar, the posting exercise was greeted with a lot of complaints arising from lopsidedness, and favoritism which gave rise to serious agitations.

“What we are doing today is taking it a step further by digitalizing the process and making it seamless, thereby addressing some of those concerns associated with the manual process.

“With this new development, every staff member will be notified at the beginning of the year about the type and number of assignments they are eligible for, as well as the place of assignment.

“SMS notification will be sent to all staff after the launching to confirm their 2024 posting status. This will later be broadened to include e-mail messages,” he said.