Students from Ekiti State who
sat for the 2016 June/July
Senior School Certificate
Examination trumped their
counterparts in the exam, the
newly released results by the
National Examination Council
showed.
The result was announced on
Friday by Charles Uwakwe,
NECO Registrar.
The exams body said Edo
State came second while Abia
and Kogi States occupied the
third place.
“An analysis of the result
across the 36 states of the
federation and the Federal
Capital Territory indicated
that Ekiti State topped all
others with 96.485 of its
candidates that sat for the
examination coming out
victorious,” Mr. Uwakwe said.
“Edo state was second with
96.31% while Abia and Kogi
were joint third,” the
Registrar said.”
This year’s results also
showed that 88.51 per cent of
the overall candidates had five
credits in English and
Mathematics, marking a one
per cent improvement in the
overall performance of
candidates over 2015 results.
Mr. Uwakwe said the 88.51 per
cent (905, 011) had credits in
the exam out of a total 1, 022,
474 candidates from Nigeria
and other countries.
About 84.54 per cent of the
candidates scored credit pass
and above in English
Language and 80.16 per cent
obtained credit pass and
above in Mathematics, Mr.
Uwakwe said.
Mr. Uwakwe said NECO detect
exam malpractices in about
194 centers, while 14 schools
have been deregistered for
similar offences.
Mr. Uwakwe said the improvement in this
year’s results showed that his
predecessors’ efforts have now started
yielding good outcome, and promised to
improve the current standards.
“I want to solicit for support from all our
stakeholders. NECO should be seen as a
Nigerian baby that requires the care and
support of all to enable her attain that
first class international status,” Mr.
Uwakwe said. “We are working hard to
ensure NECO makes her mark in the
global assessment industry.”
Mr. Uwakwe urged candidates who sat for
the exam to check their results on NECO
website.
Sources: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/210547-ekiti-beats-35-states-fct-records-best-2016-junejuly-neco-result.html

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