The National Examinations Council (NECO) Thursday announced the release of the 2024 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) results.
According to NECO, 828,284 of the 1,367,736 candidates, representing 60.55 per cent passed English, Mathematics, and three other subjects.
NECO’s Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, announced in Minna, the Niger State capital, on the release of this year’s SSCE internal results.
Other details of the results showed that 83.9 per cent of the candidates who sat for the examination earned five Credits and above, irrespective of English language and Mathematics.
Giving a breakdown of the results, he said: “The 2024 SSCE was conducted from Wednesday, June 19, to Friday, July 26, 2024, while the marking took place from Monday, August 19 to Sunday, September 8, 2024.
“Today makes it 55 days after the last written paper, which signifies that all the processes leading to the successful release of the 2024 SSCE Internal results have been concluded.”
He added: “Number of candidates registered for the examination is 1,376,423, representing 706,950 males and 669,473 females.
“Number of candidates that sat is 1,367,736, representing 702,112 males and 665,624 females.
“Number of candidates with five Credits and above, including English and Mathematics, is 828,284, representing 60.55 per cent.
“Number of candidates with five Credits and above, irrespective of English and Mathematics, is 1,147,597, representing 83.90 per cent.”
