NECO Records Improved Performance As It Releases Nov/Dec 2014 Results

National Examinations Council
(NECO) has released the Nov/
Dec 2014 SSCE results.
The results showed improved
performance of students, when
compa
red with last year.
According to the Registrar/
Chief Executive of the Council,
Professor Promise Okpala, who
announced the result in Minna
yesterday, 52.94 percent of the
candidates had Credit in
English and 55.37 percent in
Mathematics.
Out of 63,445 that registered
for the examinations, 61,386
eventually sat for it, with 30.57
percent recording Credits and
above.
“It is important to note that
there have been improvements
in NECO SSCE results over the
past four years.
A comparative analysis of the
results in English language
and Mathematics
examinations and those who
had five Credits and above
including English language
and Mathematics from 2011
to 2014 depicts this trend,”
Okpala said.
Out of 53,848 who sat for
Biology, 26,947 passed with
Credit which represents 50.04
percent.
51.62 percent of the 28,250
Candidates who sat for
Chemistry passed with Credit.
29.22 percent passed
Agricultural science at credit
level.
Students’ performance in
Physics was however very poor,
as only 0.2 percent of the
students that sat for the
examination passed at Credit
level.
The registrar decried the
continuous involvement of
candidates in Examination
malpractices despite measures
being taken to stop the ugly
trend.
According to him, 620 cases of
malpractices were recorded in
the last examinations.