The National Examination Council (NECO) has released the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) internal results.
The Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of NECO Prof. Godswill Obioma, who gave the break down of the result said a total of 1,221,447,665,830 males and 555,617 female candidates, registered for the examination, nationwide.
Obioma further stated that a total of 1,209,992,659,796 males representing 54.53% and 550,126 females representing 45.46% candidates respectively, sat for the examination.
He said, 894,101 candidates, representing 73.89% scored five credits and above in both English and Mathematics.
Also, 973,331 candidates, representing 82.68 percent made credit and above in English language alone.
According to Obioma the results further revealed that the number of candidates who made five credits and above irrespective of English language and Mathematics were 1,112,041, representing 91.91%.
This according to Professor Obioma represents an increase of 2.01 percent when compared to the 2019 June/July SSCE.
“Meanwhile, owing to the #EndSARS Protest that prevented a total of 233,000 candidates from taking the examination in some states, the management of NECO has pledged to accommodate such candidates in the external examination slated for Monday 1st February 2021 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021”. He noted
Obioma gave the lists of states affected by the protest to include Abia, Enugu, Edo, River, Ondo, Ekiti, Osun, Lagos, Oyo, Kano, FCT and Ogun.
He also stated that the subjects affected were Chemistry practicals, Economics, Technological Drawing, Food and Nutrition, and Further Mathematics.
He noted that the results of the affected candidates will be pending until supplementary exams are conducted for the papers missed.
