By Wole Mosadomi

OGUN State led in the National Examinations Council’s November/December Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, results. The results which were released after 38 days of conduct of the examinations is a great departure from the past during which results were released between 80 and 90 days after the administration of the last paper. This often led to truncation of the admission of sucessful candidates into tertiary institutions because they always fell outside the stipulated time.

Registrar of the Council, Professor Charles Uwakwe, who announced the results in Minna said the early release of the results was due to the renewed efforts of the Council towards efficient service delivery.  He said, “the early release of the results will enable candidates who wish to gain admission into higher institutions utilise them before the end of admission process for the 2017/2018 academic session.”

The Registrar said of the 42,429 candidates that sat for the examination, 24,098 representing 56.79% passed with five credits and above, including English and Mathematics.

Examination malpractice

He also disclosed that 32,917 candidates passed with five credits and above irrespective of English language and Mathematics, adding that 32,701 candidates passed at credit level and above in Mathematics and 29,258 scored credit and above in English language.

Professor Uwakwe said despite the sensitisation against examination malpractice embarked upon, the Council still recorded some pockets of examination malpractice with 4,425 cases representing 5.9 per cent decrease from the past records.

The Registrar scored the Council high for the outcome of the results saying, “this is another landmark in business of conducting a hitch-free and credible examination in the country and so, it is not an overstatement that the Council is a leading light in the examination industry as it continues to be in tune with best practices in the global assessment industry.”

An analysis of the results showed that Ogun State fielded 5,687 candidates and led the 36 states and Abuja by recording 91.42 per cent pass followed by Akwa  Ibom with 1,118 candidates which recorded 87 per cent pass while Oyo State with 8,513 candidates came third recording 86.90 per cent pass.

Zamfara State fielded only 230 candidates and recorded 12.90 per cent pass to come last.