NECO releases 2022 SSCE results

The 2022 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination results has been released by the National Examinations Council (NECO).

 NECO Registrar, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, announced the results on Thursday September 29, at the NECO Headquarters in Minna, Niger State. 

 Wushishi said the council blacklisted 29 supervisors for their alleged involvement in various malpractice offences. 

 He added that four schools were recommended for de-recognition for two years over consistent malpractices. 

 There was also a decline in malpractice in the 2022 internal senior school certificate examinations as against other years. 

 Wushishi said; “In the area of malpractices, 13, 595 were caught as against 20, 003 in year 2021, which showed appreciable decline in number of malpractices cases.

 “Twenty nine supervisors were blacklisted for various offended ranging from poor supervision, insult, aiding and abetting during the examinations”. 

 While 1, 209, 703 candidates registered for the exam, 1, 198, 412 sat for the examination. 

 The number of candidates with special needs was 1, 031; 98 had albinism, 177 with autism, 574 with hearing impairments and 107 were visually impaired.

 The number of candidates who got five credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics is 727, 864 representing 60.74 per cent.