The Federal Government has announced the release of the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination, NCEE, results for admissions into JSS1 of the Federal Unity Colleges.
The Minister of State for Education, Yusuf Sununu, made this announcement at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday.
Sununu said one candidate scored the highest mark of 203 in the examination.
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.
He added that admission requirements are 60 per cent merit, 30 per cent equality of state and 10 per cent exigency.
He, therefore, charged the Senior Secondary Education Department in the ministry to ensure that all admission processes were concluded timely, and it should be done in line with the above criteria.