Prof. Okpala
For the fourth year running, the National Examination Council (NECO) recorded another mass failure in the 2011 November/December External Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE), with less than 10 percent recording credit level in English language.The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the council, Prof. Promise Okpala, stated this at a press briefing in Minna on Wednesday.
He, however, said the result was an improvement on the 2010 candidates’ performance, adding that the 2011 SSCE recorded low enrolment and malpractices compared to the 2010 edition.
Breakdown of the results made available to journalists and posted on the council’s website showed that less than 10 percent or 10,457 of the 110,724 candidates who sat for the external examination passed English Language with credit and above.
However, the candidates recorded an improved performance in Mathematics, as 41.19 percent got credit and above in the subject as against the 17.85 percent recorded in 2010.
Prof. Okpala also said there was a 50 percent drop in the candidates’ enrolment as only 104,187 candidates sat for NECO in 2011 as against 235, 933 that sat for it in 2010.
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