Ekiti top the list as NECO release result of this year NECO examination. The National Examinations Council has said that no over 745,053 out of the 1,051,472 candidates that sat for
this year’s June/July NECO Examination got five credits and above including English and Mathematics.
The figure which represents 70.85 per cent, indicates 1.11 percent increase in performance of candidates compared to 2016. This was made known by NECO Registrar and Chief Executive Officer Prof. Charles B. Uwakwe.
The result also shows that 947,850, candidates representing 90.14 percent passed with five credits and above irrespective of English Language and Mathematics compared to 88..61 percent in 2016, adding that “this represents 1.63 percent improvement compared to last year”.
He disclosed that despite the Examination Council’s zero tolerance for examination malpractice, 50,586 (4.81%) candidates were involved in various forms of examination malpractices, saying that 276 schools were involved in what he called “mass cheating” in 34 states of the federation.
The Registrar pointed out that this figure shows 0.52 percent increase in cases of malpractice compared to 2016, stressing that as a result of this, “six schools were derecognized.
Kebbi state came first as the state with the highest cases of malpractice, recording 8,124 cases representing 16.05%.
Also, 23 supervisors who aided malpractice in one way or the other have been blacklisted.
The breakdown of the results state by state indicated that Ekiti State came first with the highest number of candidates who passed with five credits and above in both English and Mathematics with 85 percent.
Ekiti is closely followed by Edo and Bayelsa states with 84.61 and 84.52 percent, respectively.
