The National Examination Council (NECO) has announced the release of the 2024 SSCE results. The NECO Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Dantali Wushishi, announced the results on Thursday September 19th, 2024 at the NECO Headquarters in Minna, Niger State.

Giving a break down of the performance by candidates, the Registrar, disclosed that 1,376,423 representing 709, 950 males and 669,473 females registered for this year’s internal examination while 1,367,736 representing 702,112 males and 665,624 sat for the examination.

828,284, representing 60.55 percent scored five credits including English language and Mathematics. The number of candidates with five credits and above irrespective of the English language and Mathematics was 1,147, 597 accounting for 83.90 per cent while those who with special needs was 2,267.

There was 30.1 percent decline in the number of candidates involved in various forms of examination malpractice this year with 8,437 as against 12,030 in 2023.

The examination council revealed that 40 schools were implicated in large-scale cheating, while 21 supervisors were suggested for blacklisting due to inadequate supervision and their involvement in aiding and abetting during the examinations. Wushishi stated that the schools in question would be summoned to the Council for a discussion, following which suitable sanctions would be imposed.

The registrar revealed that Abia, Imo and Ebonyi states topped the performance while the lowest performing states were Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Borno and Zamfara.

How To Check Your NECO Result

Candidates to access their results online on the council’s website. Check the link below for the official guidelines on how to check your result; http://schoolnewsng.com/how-to-check-neco-ssce-result/