NECO Releases 2024 Unity Colleges’ Examination Results

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) results for admissions into Unity Colleges.

NECO released the results in Abuja today, which was taken by 71,291 candidates

Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, who announced the results at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday, said one candidate had the highest score of 203.

Sununu said that although 71,291 candidates registered for the NECO exams, 66,931 eventually sat for it, while 4,360 were absent.

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“Out of the maximum obtainable score of 210, one candidate obtained the highest score of 203, while 13 candidates obtained the lowest score of one.

“This year, an unprecedented number of 52 candidates (two candidates from Lagos State and 50 candidates from Rivers State) were involved in examination malpractice.

“For the examination conducted for the Federal Government Academy (FGA), 2,649 candidates registered for the examination, 2,336 candidates sat for the examination, while 313 candidates were absent.

“The highest score for this examination is 180 while the lowest is five,” he said.

According to him, admission requirements candidates into Unity Colleges remained 60 per cent merit, 30 per cent equality of state and 10 per cent exigency.

The minister said that the admission criteria for selection of qualified candidates into Federal Unity schools remained the same.

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“As you are all aware, it is a common knowledge that our Federal Unity Colleges have become the first port of call for most parents in the country.

“I want to assure all Nigerian parents that government will continue to do her best to improve on infrastructural development, feeding and teacher quality for effective teaching and learning in our colleges,” he added.

He also made a case for a timely conclusion of all admission processes to the Senior Secondary Education Department in the ministry.

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