Candidates record 71% pass as NECO releases SSCE results | EduCeleb
EduCeleb
27th August 2019
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2019 June/July Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE).
The NECO acting registrar, Abubakar Gana, announced the release at the council headquarters in Minna on Tuesday, 27th August, 2019.
EduCeleb.com recalls that the exams ended on Saturday, 10th August. It took the examining body two weeks to conclude the marking of the answer scripts of the candidates across the country.
NECO revealed that  71 per cent of the candidates obtained five credits including English and Mathematics.
The SSCE is conducted for candidates in their final secondary school year (SS3).
NECO examines students in 76 subjects, cross-cutting core subjects, humanities, business studies, and trade/entrepreneurship.
Candidates must offer the four cross-cutting compulsory subjects, three to four subjects from their area of specialisation and one elective outside their field provided the number of subjects is not more than nine.