The Federal Government has revealed the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) results for admission to Federal Unity Colleges' JSS1 program.
Dr Yusuf Sununu, Minister of State for Education, disclosed the results at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday, saying one candidate received the highest score of 203 in the examination.
Sununu stated that 66,931 of the 71,291 candidates who registered for the tests took the exam, with 4,360 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 said that the admission criteria for selection of qualified candidates into Federal Unity Colleges remained the same.
According to him, 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.
