NECO: 33,470 CANDIDATES CHEAT, 12 SCHOOLS DERECOGNISED AS COUNCIL RELEASES RESULTS


By Tina George, Minna

The National Examinations Council, NECO, has revealed that 33,470
candidates that sat for the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination,
SSCE, were involved in various forms of malpractices.

The Registrar of the Council, Professor Godswill Obioma, who announced
the results at the NECO headquarters in Minna on Wednesday, also said
that 12 schools in six states have been derecognised for their
involvement in examination malpractice, while 24 supervisors were
blacklisted for various offences.
According to him, the offences of the supervisors ranges from poor
supervision, aiding and abetting and connivance with non-candidates to
write answers on chalkboard.

The schools blacklisted for two years include four in Adamawa, two in
Kastina, two in Niger, one each in Taraba and Federal Capital Territory,
FCT, adding that the malpractice by the candidates represents 2.61 per
cent, which is a drop to the 3.53 per cent of malpractice cases
recorded in 2019.

The Registrar attributed the drop in malpractice cases to the deployment
of biometric verification devices and strengthening of the examination
monitoring strategy, adding that the external monitoring mechanism was
expanded in scope and depth.

Giving a breakdown of the 2020 SSCE internal result, Obioma said that
there was a remarkable two per cent increase of candidates who made
five credits and above in all subjects.
He said that while 1,209,992 of 1,221,447 sat for the examinations across
the country, 973,331 representing 82.68 per cent made credit and above
in the English Language and 1,060,100 representing 90.08 per cent made
credit and above in Mathematics.

“Number of candidates who made five credits and above, including
English Language and Mathematics is 894,101 representing 73.89 per cent,
when compared to 2019 June/July SSCE figures of 829,787, there was an
increase of 2.3 per cent.
“Number of candidates who made five credits and above irrespective of
English Language and Mathematics is 1,112,041 representing 91.91 per cent,
when compared to 2019 June/July SSCE figures of 1,042,989, there is an
increase of 2.01 per cent”, he stated.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

WAEC GCE 2019 CRS/IRS Obj And Essay Answer – August/September Expo

WAEC 2024 Civic Education Obj And Essay Answer – May/June Expo

WAEC 2019 mathematics Obj And Essay Answer – May/June Expo «