A total of 26,277 candidates have obtained five credits and above including English Language and Mathematics in the National Examinations Council (NECO) 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination for external candidates.
While 34,014 candidates also obtained five credits and above irrespective of English Language and Mathematics.
The Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Godswill Obioma, disclosed this in Minna on Thursday.
He said a total of 41,459 candidates registered for the examination, but only 39,503 actually sat.
He said examinations malpractices dropped from 17,004 recorded in 2019 to 6,465 cases in 2020.
He said an examination centre in Ogun State has been de-recognized for intimidation and several attempts to induce NECO officials as well as aiding and abetting examination malpractice.
Obioma said the results of 256,000 candidates who missed some papers during the 2020 SSCE (Internal) due to the #EndSARS protests in some states and who sat for those papers during the 2020 SSCE (External) are being released alongside those of external candidates.
He said a total number of 29,918 obtained credit and above in English Language while a total number of 34,061 candidates obtained credit and above in Mathematics.
