… Registrar attributes improved results on stakeholders’ resolve
SAN FRANCISCO, September 19, (THEWILL) – The National Examinations Council (NECO) on Thursday released the results of the June/July 2013 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) examination results, indicating a marked improvement on previous results.
According to the just released results, 69.57 per cent of the candidates had five credits and above while the examination witnessed low incidents of examination malpractice.
NECO Registrar and the Chief Executive of the Council, Professor Promise Okpala, who announced the results in Minna, the Niger State capital, said 681,507 candidates, representing 66.63 per cent made credit pass and above in English Language while 668,314 candidates or 65.50 percent recorded same in Mathematics.
According to Okpala, in Biology, 66.88 percent of the candidates had credit and above, while 66.41 percent of candidates who wrote Physics and Chemistry equally made credit pass and above.
He disclosed further that out of 1,034,263 candidates who sat for the examination which had 128 blind candidates, 998,624 candidates or 96.55 per cent made five passes and above.
Okpala noted that NECO witnessed “rises in performance from 15.84 per cent in 2011 through 51.66 per cent last year to this year’s 69.57 per cent.”
He attributed the improved performance to the overall resolve to improve the quality of teaching and learning in the country, saying the improved performances over the years were ”empirical indications that the efforts of the President, Ministry of Education are yielding positive results.”
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