Education
NECO releases 2024 SSCE external results, records 67.35% pass rate
Mariam Sanni
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) External results, with 57,114 candidates obtaining five credits and above including English Language and Mathematics.
The Registrar of NECO, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, who disclosed this while announcing the release of the results in Minna ,said there was a pass rate of 67.35 percent.
Wushishi, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of NECO, said the examination was conducted from Nov. 14 to Dec. 14, 2024, with 86,067 candidates registering.
He noted that the release of the results was the culmination of the processes involved in the conduct of a successful examination, consisting of pre-examination, examination and post-examination stages.
Wushishi said a total of 29 subjects were examined, with 83,220 candidates sitting for English Language and 83,024 candidates sitting for Mathematics.
He said the results showed that 62,929 candidates, representing 75.62 per cent, obtained credit and above in English Language, while 77,988 candidates, representing 93.93 per cent, obtained credit and above in Mathematics.
The registrar said a total of 70,711 candidates, representing 83.39 per cent, obtained five credits and above, irrespective of English Language and Mathematics.
Wushishi said that 6,160 candidates were, however, booked for various forms of malpractice, a reduction of 27.7 per cent compared to 2023.
According to him, seven supervisors-two each in Oyo and Ogun and one each in Lagos, Cross River and Ebony-were recommended for blacklisting for poor supervision, lateness as well as aiding and abetting during the examination.
He said that 14 centres-10 in Ogun and four in Oyo- were blacklisted for their involvement in whole centre malpractice in nine subjects.
The registrar also said that candidates could access their results on the NECO official website, www.neco.gov.ng, using their examination registration number.
Wushishi commended the Federal Government, Minister of Education and other stakeholders for their support and guidance.
He also announced the release of the 2025 Digitalised Staff Annual Posting Calendar which could be accessed by members of staff through apcic.neco.gov.ng/myapc
Education
JAMB conducts third party exam for Hos workers
Mariam Sanni
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board conducted promotional examination for junior workers under the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.
About 450 junior staff participated in the computer based test examination at Ade-Ola International School, Kubwa – a suburb in the nation’s capital.
Speaking with journalists at the end of the exercise, the Director in charge of Abuja zone for JAMB, Hajia Zainab Hamzat said the exercise went smoothly.
She noted that 476 staff under the HoS were expected to participate in the promotion exercise but only 450 workers showed up for the exam.
The drector said: “Everything went well as usual. We call it third party exam. It is a promotion exam for HoS. All their officers sat for the exam for the purpose of promotion.
“We had two sessions – morning and afternoon. In the morning we expected 250 but 232 were present. In the afternoon we expected 226 and eight were absent.
“The exam was smooth. Everything went well.
The examination was for all the junior staff of HoS. We had immigration officers, fire fighters, civil defence and other paramilitary organisations under HoS for the examination.”
Also speaking, Durector of Ade-Ola International School, Kubwa, Mercy Olaosegbe lauded JAMB for setting high standards in professional examination.
She said: “The examination went well. We have all the facilities to conduct this examination. JAMB will not allow you to participate in these exams if your facilities are not up to standard. Because our centre is doing well, we have been participating in third party examination organised by JAMB.”
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