The National Examinations Council (NECO) has revealed that 40 Schools involved in mass cheating are to face disciplinary action including de-recognition depending on the extent of their involvement in its just released results of the June/July 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination.
Giving further insight into the scale of malpractices observed in the examination, the Registrar of NECO, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, disclosed that 21 supervisors have already been noted for blacklisting due to poor supervision, aiding and abetting, abscondment, extortion, drunkenness and negligence.
He made these disclosures at a news conference Thursday while announcing the result of the June/July 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination of NECO in Mina, Niger State.
While giving statistical breakdown of examination malpractices, he said: “The number of candidates involved in various forms of malpractice in 2024 is 8,437, compared to 12,030 in 2023, indicating a reduction of 30.1%.”
“During the conduct of the 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination, 40 schools were found to have engaged in whole-school (mass) cheating in 17 states. They will be invited to the Council for discussion, after which appropriate sanctions will be applied. One school in Ekiti has been recommended for de-recognition for mass cheating in two core subjects and one science subject.
"Similarly, 21 supervisors were recommended for blacklisting due to poor supervision, aiding and abetting, abscondment, extortion, drunkenness, and negligence in 12 states.”
However, the Registrar said 60.55 per cent of candidates secured five credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics.
Also, Wushishi said that a total of 1,376,423 candidates, comprising 706,950 males and 669,473 females, registered for the exam.
He said: “The number of candidates that sat for the exam is 1,367,736, comprising 702,112 males and 665,624 females.
“The number of candidates with five credits and above, including English and Mathematics, is 828,284, representing 60.55%.
“The number of candidates with five credits and above, irrespective of English and Mathematics, is 1,147,597, representing 83.90%.”
Wushishi therefore charged candidates to access their results through NECO website, saying “At this juncture, I wish to formally declare that the 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination results are hereby released to the public. By this release, candidates can now access their results on the NECO website: www.neco.gov.ng using their examination registration number.”
