Announcing the results at the Council Headquarters in Minna, Niger State capital, on Thursday, the Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Godswill Obioma, disclosed that a total of 41,459 candidates registered for the examination, out of which 39,503 actually sat.
The NECO boss explained further that a total of 26,277 candidates obtained five credits and above including, English Language and Mathematics, while 34,014 candidates also obtained five credits and above irrespective of English Language and Mathematics.
The Registrar who reiterated the Council’s zero tolerance for examination malpractice, noted that appropriate standards and excellence were maintained right from the planning stage to the release of results.
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The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination for External Candidates.
Announcing the results at the Council Headquarters in Minna on Thursday, the Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Godswill Obioma disclosed that a total of 41,459 candidates registered for the examination, out of which 39,503 actually sat for the exams.
Professor Obioma explained that a total of 26,277 candidates obtained five credits and above including English Language and Mathematics while 34,014 candidates also obtained five credits and above irrespective of English Language and Mathematics.
The Registrar who reiterated the Council’s zero tolerance for examination malpractice noted that appropriate standards and excellence were maintained right from the planning stage to the release of results.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Examinations Council on Thursday said 26,277 out of the 39,503 candidates who sat for its 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination for external candidates obtained five credits and above including in English Language and Mathematics.
The board’s Registrar, Prof Godswill Obioma, disclosed this at the council headquarters in Minna, Niger State, according to a statement by its Head, Information and Public Relations Division, Azeez Sani.
According to the statement, 41,459 candidates registered out of which 39,503 actually sat for the examination.
The statement also disclosed that 6,465 cases of examination malpractices were recorded in 2020 as against 17,004 cases in 2019.
Sani quoted Obioma as attributing the reduction in cases to the result of deepening monitoring of the examination by members of the governing board, management, and senior staff of the council.
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THE National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination for External Candidates.
The Council has also announced that the 2021 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for Internal candidates is scheduled from Monday 5th July to Monday 16th August as approved by the Federal Government.
Registrar/Chief Executive, Professor Godswill Obioma, made this known while announcing the results of External SSCE at the Council Headquarters in Minna on Thursday according to a statement by the Head, Information and Public Relations Division of NECO, Azeez Sani.
Obioma disclosed that a total of 41,459 candidates registered for the examination, out of which 39,503 actually sat while urging candidates to access their results on NECO website www.neco.gov.ng using their examination registration numbers.
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The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced that it recorded over 6,000 cases of malpractice just as it released results for the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination for external candidates, on Thursday.
According to NECO, 26,277 out of the 39,503 candidates who sat for the examination, obtained five credits and above including in English Language and Mathematics.
NECO’s Registrar, Prof Godswill Obioma, disclosed this at the council’s headquarters in Minna, Niger State, based on a statement by its Head, Information and Public Relations Division, Azeez Sani.
It said 41,459 candidates registered out of which 39,503 actually sat for the examination.
The statement also disclosed that 6,465 cases of examination malpractices were recorded in 2020 as against 17,004 cases in 2019.