Over 1.2m Candidates Register for 2023 NECO SSCE
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has disclosed that no fewer than one million, two hundred and five thousand, eight hundred and eighty eight candidates have registered for the on-going 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE).
Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, the Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO stated this in Jos Plateau State on Friday while monitoring the conduct of the examination in some schools.
Wushishi revealed that out of this figure, 601,074 candidates are male while 584,814 are female.
In a press statement released on Friday by Azeez Sani, head, Information, and Public Relations, the NECO Registrar expressed satisfaction with the general conduct of the 2023 SSCE based on reports obtained from across the country.
According to the Registrar, the 2023 SSCE which would be concluded next week is the best organized in recent years.
He further disclosed that various measures have been in place to check examination malpractice, adding that the measures have started yielding positive results.
Wushishi 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.
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