Over 1m Candidates Sit For 2023 SSCE – NECO

The National Examination Council, Friday said over one million candidates registered and will sit the ongoing 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination.

The Registrar of NECO, Prof. Dantani Wushishi disclosed this in Jos, Plateau State on Friday while monitoring the conduct of the examination in some Schools.

According to a statement released by the spokesperson of the Council, Azeez Sani, 601,074 of the registered candidates are male while 584,814 are female.

The statement also quoted the NECO boss as being satisfied with the general conduct of the 2023 SSCE based on reports obtained from across the country.

“The Registrar said the 2023 SSCE which would be concluded next week is the best organized in recent years. Prof. Wushishi disclosed that various measures have been in place to check examination malpractice, adding that the measures have started yielding positive results.”

“The Registrar who monitored the examination at Airforce Military School; King and Queens Academy and Emmanuel International College, all in Jos, expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the examination in these schools,” added the statement.

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