By Jimmy Jackson
… withhold Results Of 50 Rivers, 2 Lagos Candidates
The Federal Government has announced the release of the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination, NCEE results with the results of 50 candidates from Rivers State and two from Lagos State withheld over examination malpractice.
This was made known by the Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, Tuesday in Abuja while releasing the NCEE results for admission into the 115 Unity schools across the country.
According to him, of the 71,291 candidates who registered for the exams, 66,931 sat for the examination, while 4,360 were absent.
“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.
The minister further stated that the admission criteria for selection of qualified candidates into Federal Unity Colleges remained the same.
“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,” the minister assured.
