The National Examinations Council (NECO) June /July 2018 SSCE results have been released. This was disclosed by the acting Registrar/Chief Executive of the Council, Alhaji Abubakar M.Gana.

According to him, a total number of 1,041,536 registered for the examination while 1,032,729 sat for the examination.

A Comparative analysis of candidates with 5 credits and above including English language and Mathematics for 2017 and 2018 shows 70.85 percent for 2017 and 71.48 percent for 2018, showing an increase of 0.63 percent in 2018.

He further disclosed that that there is a drastic decrease in this year examination malpractices. It was also gathered that nine thousand of the candidates that registered for the examinations did not sit for the papers.

Gana directed candidates to access their results online via the council's official website; http://www.mynecoexams.com/results/