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The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2023 Internal Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE).
NECO Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi announcing the release of the results of the Examination on Tuesday.
According to Professor Wushishi, a record 61.60 percent of candidates scored five credits and above including English and Mathematics.
He said, however, that 93 schools were found to be involved in whole-school (mass) cheating, while 52 supervisors were recommended for blacklisting due to poor supervision, aiding, and abetting during the examinations.
He noted that appropriate sanctions will be applied against the erring schools and the supervisors by the Examination Council.
Wushishi further disclosed that out of 1,196,985 candidates that participated in the examinations, 616,398 were males while 580,587 were females and that 1,543 were candidates with special needs.
His words: “Number of candidates with special needs is 1,542, which includes 913 candidates with hearing impairment, 162 candidates with visual impairment, 103 candidates with Albanism, 61 candidates with Autism, 149 candidates with low vision, and 154 candidates with Adermatoglyphia which are candidates with no fingerprints.
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“737,308 representing 61.60 percent Candidates passed with five Credits and above, 1,013,611 representing 84.68 percent candidates had five Credits irrespective of English and Mathematics.”
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