The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced the release of the 2016 November/December senior school certificate examination (SSCE) results.
Charles Uwakwe, the registrar of the council, made this known on Tuesday while addressing journalists in Minna, saying that the results were released exactly 60 days after the examinations were concluded.
“A total of 47,941 candidates registered, out of which 47,118 sat for the exams and the number of candidates with five credits, including Mathematics and English Language, put at 28,530 (60.55%).”
Uwakwe advised candidates to access their results on the NECO website, www.mynecoexam.com, using their examination registration number and scratch cards.
A report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday revealed that only 22.8% of the candidates, who sent admission applications to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) between 2010 and 2015, were successful.
NBS said that JAMB received a total of 11,703,709 applications between 2010 and 2016 out of which 2,674,485 students.
It represents 22.8% of the total applications, were admitted across the 36 states and the federal capital territory (FCT) between 2010 and 2015.
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