By Ayodele Oni
The National Examinations Council (NECO) said it has blacklisted two supervisors in Oyo and Lagos states and one examination center in Borno state for being involved in examination malpractices in the 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination, (SSCE) external.
The examination body disclosed said that the two supervisors were blacklisted for poor supervision, inability to control the candidates, and aiding and abetting, while the center in Borno was blacklisted for aiding and abetting for sharing WhatsApp messages with candidates.
NECO revealed further that 8,518 candidates were booked for various forms of malpractice, adding that the examination malpractice cases included two centers in Kaduna and Ogun states.
NECO stated these when it announced release of the results of the 2023 Senior SSCE adding that the number of candidates that got five Credits and above including English and Mathematics is 50,066 representing 67.35 percent.
Also, 63,539 candidates representing 84.11 percent get five Credits and above irrespective of English Language and Mathematics.
NECO’s Registrar/Chief Executive, Professor Dantani Wushishi disclosed this while briefing journalists in Minna during the release of the 2023 SSCE external results.
Announcing the results, the Registrar said that 74,950 candidates registered for the examinations out of which 74,342 sat for the examination.
“The number of candidates that sat for the English Language is 73,123 out of which 55,272 representing 75.59 percent got Credit and above. Those that sat for Mathematics are 73,119 out of which 67,815 representing 92.75 percent got Credit and above.”
The Registrar also launched the automated annual posting calendar to address the problems associated with posting the Council’s staff for out-of-station assignments.
He said that the e-posting calendar would address the lopsidedness and favoritism that trail staff posting for various assignments.
 said it has blacklisted two supervisors in Oyo and Lagos states and one examination center in Borno state for being involved in examination malpractices.){kind=link}