The National Examination Council (NECO) has announced the release of results for the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) for federal government-owned secondary schools, also known as unity schools.
Yusuf Sununu, the minister of state for education made this known during a press briefing at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja.
According to him, a total of 71,291 candidates participated in the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination conducted in 599 centres on Saturday, June 1, 2024.
Before the announcement of the result, the NECO the Unity Schools Entrance Examination Umpire Council had released data showing that Lagos State came tops with the highest number of candidates, with 17,751, the federal capital territory (FCT) Abuja came second with 10,209 candidates, while Anambra State placed third in the number of candidates rankings with 4,972 candidates.