No fewer than 1,376,391 registered for the ongoing 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination (internal) conducted by the National Examinations Council.
The Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, disclosed this on Wednesday after monitoring the examination at some centres in Enugu.
According to a statement signed by the Head of Public Affairs, Azeez Sani, the NECO boss, Prof. Wushishi who expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the examination in the centre, disclosed that reports received from across the nation indicated that the examination is going on smoothly.
He attributed this success to the various measures put in place to ensure a seamless exercise.
According to him, due to some innovations put in place, the menace of examination malpractice is on the decline.
The registrar admonished candidates to work hard in order to have a good grade in the examination, stressing that “there is no shortcut to success”.