The National Examinations Council, NECO, has released 2013 Senior Schools Certificate Examinations results with a considerable improvement by the students nationwide compared with the past results.
A breakdown shows that about 69.57 per cent of the candidate had credit while most of the students also came out with good results in both English Language and Mathematics.
Releasing the results at the Headquarters of the Examinations body in Minna, the Niger State capital, the Registrar, Professor Promise Nwachukwu Okpala, said a total number of 1,052,898 candidates registered for the examinations.
Okpala said out of the figure, 1,034,263 candidates actually sat for the examinations. He noted that 681,507, representing 66. 63 per cent passed English Language at credit level while 668,314, representing 65.50 per cent also passed Mathematics at credit level.
Also, the number of candidates involved in examinations malpractices dropped to 8,308, representing 0.80 per cent.
“This year’s result shows a remarkable improvement compared to that of 2011 result, which stood at 15.84 per cent pass at credit level and 2012 result of 51. 66 per cent also at credit level,” the elated Registrar declared.
Source:Vanguardngr
Source:Vanguardngr
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