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NECO Releases 2021 Examination Results

 

The National Examination Council on Friday, released the results of the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination conducted nationwide in July.

 

NECO Registrar and Chief ExecutiveOfficer, Dantali Wushishi, made the announcement while addressing newsmen in Minna, on Friday.

 

He said that out of 1,233,631 candidates who registered, 1,226,631 actually sat for the examination.

 

Wushishi explained that 945,853 candidates obtained five credits and above including English Language and Mathematics, while 1,094,291candidates also obtained five credits and above irrespective of English Language and Mathematics.

 

He added that number of candidates who made five credits and above including English and Mathematics was 878,925 representing 71.64 per cent.

 

When compared with 2020 SSCE internal figures of 894,101,which was 73.89 per cent, a 2.2 percent decrease was noted.

He further explained that number of candidates who made five credits and above irrespective of English language and Mathematics was 1,226,796, representing 94.04 per cent.

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