NECO says 737,308 candidates pass five subjects with Eng, Math

The National Examinations Council has released the results of the 2023 Internal Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination with 61.60 per cent of candidates scoring five credits and above, including English and Mathematics.

The examination council disclosed 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.

The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, while announcing the release of the result, added that the erring schools would be invited to the Council for discussion after which appropriate sanctions will be applied.

He said that 1,196,985 candidates representing 616,398 males and 580,587 females sat for the examinations adding that 1,543 candidates with special needs also sat for the examinations.

Wushishi said, “The 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.

“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.”

According to the Registrar of the examination body, the number of candidates who registered for the exam was 1,205,888, and the number of candidates who sat for the exams was 1,196,985.