The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, Andrew Adejo, made this known at a press conference in Abuja, on Wednesday. A total of 72,865 pupils registered for the examination compared to 71,738 for 2022, but 69,829 pupils sat for the examination, while 3,036 pupils were absent with Lagos State having the highest number of registration with 18,644 pupils while Taraba State had the lowest registration with 102 pupils.

With 38,801 female registrants against 34,064 males, Adejo said we are making progress with bridging gender parity.

He confirmed that 76 pupils had the highest score of 203; The lowest score was 01 mark and this was scored by six pupils.

He thanked everybody that contributed to the success of the examination, starting from the management and staff of NECO, the examination monitors, markers and of course the Journalists that monitored the examination. He said the conduct of the exam was hitch-free and it indicates that NECO is improving in the delivery of its examinations.

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Ogborodi was the Director of Special Duties in the council.

Head of Information and Public Relations Division of the council, Azeez Sani, disclosed in a statement on Thursday in Niger State.

“The appointment followed the death of the Registrar, Professor Godswill Obioma on Monday, 1st June 2021 after a brief illness,” Daily Dates Nigeria reports.

Sani explained that the governing board approved the appointment of the acting registrar at an emergency meeting held on Wednesday.

He added that the appointment was endorsed after the governing board considered Ogborodi as the most senior director in the council.

A Circular issued by the council’s Director of Human Resource Management, Mustapha Abdul, stated that all activities of NECO would continue unabated as earlier planned.

Ogborodi, who hails from Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, obtained his first degree from the University of Jos in 1986 and a second degree from the same university in 1999.

The acting registrar joined the service of NECO in 1999 and had served in different capacities, including acting Director of Examination Development Department, acting Director of the Office of the Registrar, Director of General Services, and Director of Human Resource Management, among others.

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Obioma was appointed as the Registrar of NECO on the 22nd of May 2020 by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The late Registrar served as the director, monitoring, research and statistics, National Board for Technical Education (NABTEB), Benin City from 2003 to 2005.

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The board’s Registrar, Prof Godswill Obioma, disclosed this on Thursday at the council headquarters in Minna, Niger State, according to a statement by its Head of Information and Public Relations Division, Azeez Sani.

According to the statement, 26,277 out of the 39,503 candidates obtained five credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics.

The statement also disclosed that 41,459 candidates registered out of which 39,503 actually sat for the examination while 6,465 cases of examination malpractices were recorded in 2020 as against 17,004 cases in 2019.

Sani quoted Obioma as attributing the reduction in cases to the result of deepening monitoring of the examination by members of the governing board, management, and senior staff of the council.

The statement read, “The National Examinations Council has released the results of the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination for External Candidates.

“Announcing the results at the Council Headquarters in Minna on Thursday, the Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Godswill Obioma disclosed that a total of 41,459 candidates registered for the examination, out of which 39,503 actually sat.

“Obioma explained that a total of 26,277 candidates obtained five credits and above including English Language and Mathematics while 34,014 candidates also obtained five credits and above irrespective of English Language and Mathematics.

“The Registrar who reiterated the council’s zero tolerance for examination malpractice noted that appropriate standards and excellence were maintained right from the planning stage to the release of results.

“Obioma disclosed that 6,465 cases of examination malpractice were recorded in the 2020 SSCE External as against 17,004 cases in 2019.

“He noted that the reduction in the level of malpractice was as a result of deepened monitoring of the examination by members of the Governing Board, Management and Senior Staff of the Council.

“The Registrar explained that in line with the Council’s zero tolerance for examination malpractice, four supervisors who were found culpable of aiding and abetting malpractice have been blacklisted and would no longer be engaged in the conduct of NECO examinations.

“One examination center in Ogun State has been derecognized for intimidation and several attempts to induce NECO officials as well as aiding and abetting examination malpractice.”

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