The National Examination Council(NECO) has released the results of the much anticipated 2023 Senior Secondary School Certificate to students.
According to the examination body, 61.60 percent of the candidates scored five credits and above including English and Mathematics.
The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi disclosed this while announcing the release of the results of the Examination.
Wushishi said that the erring schools will be invited to the Council for discussion after which appropriate sanctions will be applied.
He said that 1,196,985 candidates representing 616,398 males and 580,587 females sat for the examinations adding that 1,543 candidates with special needs also sat for the examinations.
Wushishi noted: “Number of candidates with Special Needs is 1,542 which includes 913 candidates with hearing impairment, 162 candidates with visual impairment, 103 candidates with Albanism, 61 candidates with Autism, 149 candidates with low vision, and 154 candidates with Adermatoglyphia which are candidates with no fingerprints.
“737,308 representing 61.60 percent Candidates passed with five Credits and above, 1,013,611 representing 84.68 percent candidates had five Credits irrespective of English and Mathematics.”
DAILY GIST gathered that over one million and two hundred thousand candidates enrolled for the 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE).
NECO, which concluded the conduct of the examination in early August 2023, had slated to release the result within 45 days but the promise did not materialise.
Below is a step-by-step guide to check your results
1. Visit the NECO result-checking portal at https://results.neco.gov.ng/.
2. Select your examination year and the type (SSCE Internal, SSCE External, BECE, NCEE, and GIFTED).
3. Enter the token sent to the mobile number provided.
4. Enter your registration number
5. Click on the “Check my result” button.
