2023 NECO: 61% candidates score five credits in English, Mathematics, others

The National Examination Council on Tuesday released the 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination internal results.

According to the Registrar of the examination body, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, the result summary shows that 61.60% scored five credits, including English and Mathematics.

12,030, representing 0.07 per cent, against 13,594, representing 0.13 per cent in 2022.

The number of candidates who registered for the exam was 1,205,888, and the number of candidates who sat for the exams was 1,196,985.

616,398 males and 580,587 females sat for the Examination.

Number of candidates with 5 credits and above, including English and Maths 737, 308.

The number of candidates with five credits, irrespective of English and Mathematics, is 1,013,611, representing 84.68 per cent.