The National Examinations Council, NECO, has said that 57.36 per cent of the candidates that sat for the 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, scored five credits in English Language and Mathematics.
Speaking at the release of the results for the November/December 2022 external examination, the registrar of NECO, Prof Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, said 59,124 candidates sat for the examination, with 31,316 males, representing 52.96 per cent while 27,808, representing 47.03 per cent were female.
Wushishi said 44,162, representing 76.13 per cent out of 58,012 candidates who sat for English Language got credit, while 43,096 candidates representing 74.69 per cent out of the 57,700 candidates who sat for Mathematics got credit.
He noted disclosed that 33,914 candidates representing 57.36 per cent got five credits and above in English Language and Mathematics.
“Also 46,825 candidates, representing 79.20% got five credits and above irrespective of English Language and Mathematics,” he said.
