NECO Releases 2015 SSCE Result; 68.6% Pass, Debtor States’ Results Withheld

National Examinations Council, NECO, has released the 2015 Senior
School Certificate Examination, SSCE, with candidates scoring 68.56
percent with five credits and above, including English Language and
Mathematics, which is an appreciable improvement over the past,
especially last year's result.

A total number of 975,991 registered for the various examinations out
of which 969,491 sat for the papers with 664,747 or 68.56 percent
passing with five credits and above; in 2014, by comparison, 978,886
sat for the examinations with 511,931 or 52.29 percent passing with
five credits and above.

The new Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Professor Abdulrashid
Garba, who announced the release at Council's head Office, Minna
Thursday, said the results were an improvement of 12 percent compared
to that of last year.

Centres de-recognized

He remarked that though the NECO examinations were not completely
devoid of malpractices in some centres and schools, where such cases
were established, results of such schools or centres were either
withheld or cancelled, while those apprehended will also be prosecuted
to show the council's zero tolerance for examination malpractices and
add credibility to the examinations in future.

Professor Garba stated that besides the cancellation, the centres and
schools already established to be involved in the malpractices, had
been de-recognized indefinitely, while some were suspended or totally
de-recognized.

Seven centres across the country have been discovered and sanctioned
accordingly.

He said already, some of the ad hoc staff linked to any form of
malpractice or for other negligence had also been disengaged from the
services of the council.

On debtor states

The Registrar, while answering questions on debtor states, said
results of such schools were being withheld and would be released if
commitments were shown by the affected schools.

Garba said: "t is not only government schools that owe. I can tell you
that only 13 schools, including private schools, owe us and already
most of them are showing commitments to settle and we will release
such results once we reach an agreement."

He attributed the considerable improvement in this year's results to
the commitment of various governments at all levels to the funding
education and NECO's curriculum, which he described as more
"indigenous and homely."