NECO: Over 1.2m Candidates Register For 2023 SSCE

Over one million and two hundred thousand candidates reportedly enrolled for the ongoing 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE).

The Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, disclosed this in Jos, Plateau State capital, on Friday, August 4, Naija News reports.

According to Wushishi, a total of 1,205,888 candidates registered for the examinations.

The academician, who spoke while monitoring the conduct of the examination in some schools today, noted that out of the said figure, 601,074 candidates are males while 584,814 are females.

He expressed satisfaction 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 had been put in place to check examination malpractice, adding that the measures had 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.

A statement from the council said Prof. Wushishi had earlier monitored the conduct of the 2023 SSCE in Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa and Bauchi States.