1.2m Candidates Register for 2023 NECO, SSCE, Council Reveals

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No fewer than 1,205,888 candidates have registered for the on-going 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) conducted by the National Examinations Council (NECO).

The Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, disclosed yesterday in Jos, Plateau State capital while monitoring the conduct of the examination in some schools.

Wushishi disclosed that out of this figure, 601,074 candidates are male while 584,814 are female.

In a press statement released yesterday 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.

The Registrar also said the 2023 SSCE which would be concluded next week is the best organised in recent years.

Wushishi further 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.