Ogun Tops as NECO releases 2017 Nov/Dec SSCE Exams Results

The National Examination Council has announced the release of the 2017 November / December Senior School Certificate Examination results .
The Registrar of the Council , Prof . Charles Uwakwe , announced the results on Tuesday at its headquarters in Minna.
Uwakwe said that a total of 42 , 985 candidates registered for the examination and 42 , 429 wrote the examination in 28 subjects .
He said 24 , 098 candidates representing 56 .79 per cent had five credits and above .
The registrar said that 32 , 917 candidates representing 77 . 58 per cent had five credits irrespective of English Language and Mathematics .
Uwakwe explained that 32 , 701 candidates representing 78 . 82 per cent had credit and above in Mathematics .
He said that 29 , 258 candidates representing 70 per cent had credits and above in English Language .
According to him , 4 ,425 candidates , representing 10 .43 per cent were involved in examination malpractice .
The registrar noted that the number represented 5 .9 per cent reduction in examination malpractice compared to 2016 record .
Uwakwe said that the results were released on time to enable candidates who needed them for the admission for 2017/ 2018 academic session .
“It will please the general public to know that this is the first time the council is releasing result of Nov /Dec SSCE results barely 38 days after the test .
“The early and timely release of the 2017 Nov / Dec SSCE result is in line with the council new work ethos that borders on efficient service delivery ,” he said .
Uwakwe said that the feat was possible as a result of deployment of improved logistics that ensured appropriate standards .
He urged the candidates to access their results on NECO Website – www .mynecoexams .com , using their examination registration numbers and the council approved result checker .
Ogun State was best in performance of the 2017 SSCE Nov / Dec examination .
Ogun had a percentage of 91 . 42 per cent of candidates had five credits and above followed by Akwa – Ibom with 87 . 97 per cent and Oyo with a percentage of 86 .90 per cent.
Plateau topped the list of the examination malpractice with 943 cases , representing 21 .31 per cent followed by Oyo with 884 cases , representing 19 .97 per cent .
Adamawa is the third on 464 cases of examination malpractice , representing 10 .48 per cent .

( NAN )