Abia ranks first, while Katsina ranks last in the 2024 SSCE

The results of the 2024 Senior School Certificate Examinations, or SSCE internals, have been made public by the National Examination Council (NECO) with 828,284 (or 60.55 percent) candidates obtaining five credits, including English language and mathematics.

Prof Dantana Wushishi, NECO Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, made this remark while announcing the results to reporters at the Council’s headquarters in Minna, Niger State, on Thursday.

Wushishi revealed that the number of candidates who made five credits and above, irrespective of English Language and Mathematics, is 1,147,597 representing 83.90 per cent.

He noted that out of the 1,376,423 candidates that registered for the examination, only 1,367,736 sat for it, of which a total of 702,112 candidates were male and 665,624 female.

According to him, “The number of candidates involved in various forms of malpractice in 2024 is 8,437 as against 12,030 in 2023 which shows a reduction of 30.1 percent.”

The registrar also noted that there are 2,267 candidates with special requirements. A breakdown of special needs reveals that 1,104 people have hearing impairment, 348 have visual impairment, 342 have albinism, 237 have autism, and 236 have low vision.

He also revealed that during the 2024 SSCE, 40 schools were found to have engaged in whole-school (mass) cheating in 17 states, while 21 supervisors were recommended for blacklisting in 12 states due to poor supervision, aiding and abetting, absconding, extortion, drunkenness, and negligence.

“One school in Ekiti State was recommended for de-recognition for mass cheating in 2 core subjects and 1 science subject,” according to Wushishi.

He further added that the performance analysis by states showed Abia State outperforming the other states in the country as 83.40 per cent of its candidates scored five credits and above, including Mathematics and English language, while Katsina State ranked bottom on the table with 2.42 percent.

“The state also leads in candidates with five credits and above irrespective of Mathematics and English language 95.84 percent.

“For least performed states with five credits and above including mathematics and English language, Katsina State is bottom on the table with 42.00 percent with just 2.42 percent ahead of Kano which came second to least with 44.42 percent,” the register announced.