Ogun State has emerged as the best in the November/December 2016 Senior School Certificate Examinations by the National Examinations Council (NECO).
In the results that were released at the Council’s Headquarters in Minna, the Registrar and Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Charles Uwakwe, 5,183 students from Ogun state obtained five credits and above in all subjects, representing 91.13%, while Zamfara State records the worst result with only 59 candidates obtaining five credits and above representing 25.65%.
Professor Uwakwe said that a total of 47,941 candidates registered, out of whom 47,118 sat for the examinations, and the number of candidates with five credits including Mathematics and English Language put at 28,530 (60.55%).
“A total number of 46,024 candidates sat for English Language with 33,303 credit pass representing 72.34%, while out of the 45,574 that sat for Mathematics, a total of 39,454 candidates got credit pass representing 86.54%.
“While putting the number of candidates with malpractice cases at 7,699 representing16.3%, Abia State records the highest case with 953 candidates representing 12.37%, with Edo state as least state in malpractices recording only eight cases representing 0.10%. English has the highest case with 1,162 candidates involved.”
Professor Uwakwe advised candidates to access their results on NECO website www.mynecoexam.com, using their Examination Registration Number and scratch cards.”
A report released by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBSrevealed that only 22.8% of the candidates, who sent admission applications to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, between 2010 and 2015, were successful. NBS said that JAMB received a total of 11,703,709 applications between 2010 and 2016 out of which 2,674,485 students. It represents 22.8% of the total applications admitted across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) between 2010 and 2015. [myad]
