NECO releases June/July results, gives details of performance, blacklists three schools

The National Examinations Council has on Tuesday released the June/July 2018 Senior Secondary Schools Certificate Examination results.
Out of the 1,151,016 candidates who sat for the examinations, only 829,787 of the candidates, representing 71.59 per cent, got at least five credits, including Mathematics and English Language.
While addressing journalists at the NECO headquarters, Minna, Niger State, the acting Registrar of the Council, Abubakar Gana, said 40,630 candidates, representing 3.53 per cent, were involved in examination malpractices, a figure higher than that of 2018, which had 20,181 cases.
According to Gana: “The reason for the higher figure of malpractice in 2019 is not unconnected with the deployment of the new biometric verification device used during this year’s SSCE, as well as a more robust monitoring by staff and our external monitors.
“Three schools, one each in Katsina, Kebbi and Oyo States, were recommended for de-recognition for two years for their involvement in mass cheating/whole centres.
“Also, a total of 18 Supervisors were blacklisted for various offences ranging from poor supervision, aiding and abetting, connivance with non candidates to writing answers on chalkboard and so on.”
The Acting Registrar said the comparative analysis of candidates’ performance in the examination with five credits and above, including Mathematics and English Language, for 2018 is 742,455 (71.48%) and that of 2019, 829,787, which shows that there is a 0.11 per cent increase in the general performance of candidates.
Gana said out of the 1,163,194 candidates who registered for the examinations, only 1,151,016, including 146 blind candidates, sat for the examination.
While only 984,152 candidates, representing 85.50 per cent, scored Credit and above in English Language, 954,399, representing 83.03 per cent, scored Credit and above in Mathematics.