Minna - The National Examinations Council
(NECO), has released the results of the
November/December 2015 Senior School
Certificate Examinations.
Prof. Abdulrashid Garba, NECO’s Registrar
and Chief Executive, disclosed this on
Wednesday in Minna while addressing
newsmen.
He said that a total of 50,060 candidates
registered, out of which 47,507 sat for English
Language while 47,554 sat for Mathematics.
Garba said that out of the number that sat for
English,29,718 representing 62.55 per cent
obtained credit pass while 32, 484 that sat for
Mathematics representing 68.30% passed at
credit level.
He said that of the 39,389 candidates that sat
for Biology, 17,227 or 43.73 per cent obtained
credit pass.
For Chemistry, out of 22,284 candidates that
sat for the examination, 11,951 representing
53.63 per cent made it at credit level.
The registrar added that out of 22,201
candidates who sat for Physics, 818 or 3.68
per cent passed the subject at credit level,
while in Geography, 19, 781 candidates sat for
the examination, and 3,851 or 19.46 per cent
passed at credit level.
Garba pointed out that performance of
candidates in Government indicates that out
of 23,497 candidates that wrote the subject,
10,226 or 43.52 per cent made it at credit
level.
He said that in Economics, 39,406 candidates
sat for the examination and 23,991 or 60.88
per cent passed the subject at credit level.
"In view of the fact that the examination was
for private candidates who were no longer in
the school system and looking for one or two
credits, the desperation to engage in
malpractice was high.
"This led to an increase in the percentage of
candidates involved in malpractice, compared
to the figure for 2014,” he said.
Garba said that the NECO was devising more
ways to reduce malpractice in the
examinations in order to counter the various
illegal strategies adopted by candidates.
He said that malpractice was on the increase,
adding that a comparative study showed an
increase between 2014 and 2015 in most
subjects.
"A comparative analysis of malpractice cases
by subject revealed that while 635 cases
were recorded in English Language in 2014,
1,075 cases were recorded in 2015.
"Also, in Mathematics, 634 cases of
malpractice were recorded in 2014 while 1,799
cases were recorded in 2015.
"In Economics, 570 cases of malpractice were
recorded in 2014, while 880 were recorded in
2015. In Government, 363 cases were
recorded in 2014 while 564 were recorded in
2015," he said.
Garba advised candidates to access their
results on NECO website
www.mynecoexam.com, using their
Examination Registration Number and scratch
cards.

I will pass in JESUS name.... will check soon

amen to your prayer bro