He said only 51,781 candidates of 235,933, representing 20.10 per cent, passed English Language while 34.18 per cent, which represents 87,508 candidates of 234,959 that sat for Mathematics recorded credit pass.
Okpala said 37.87 per cent recorded pass in Arabic while only 19,578 which represents 37.7 per cent passed Financial Accounting, adding that French candidates had the worst result as none of the 492 students that sat for the subject passed it.
He also said NECO spotted mass organised cheating among the candidates while marking the papers for the examination, pointing out that the mass cheating was responsible for the high number of cancelled results by the council.
According to him, Rivers State was the top in the cases of malpractices with 1,493 candidates of 7,634 candidates who sat for the examination were found wanting, adding that Enugu State was second in the malpractice cases with 1,301 candidates and Imo State was third with 531 candidates penalized for cheating.
Federal Capital Territory, FCT, recorded the least case of malpractice with 20 candidates involved in malpractice, while Sokoto and Kogi states followed with 83 and 119 candidates respectively.
Okpala said the country would have to wait for some years to get pass the incessant case of failure the examination body have been experiencing over the years and get positive results as the educational system has suffered years of decay despite the government effort to restore the system.
Efforts to revamp the decadence in education system will take long time before it will manifest. Examination expo dated back to 1970, it will take time to correct the decay. The Federal Government has put in steps to remedy the situation, but it will take time before we will see the results of these efforts.”
The registrar then stated that candidates could access their results by using the scratch card they used when they registered for the examination on NECO website.
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