Matilda Omonaiye/
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has observed that 838 candidates who were absent from the June/July examinations have answer scripts.
The authorities decried the examination fraud as it announced the release of the June/July 2018 Senior Secondary Schools results through a statement issued on Monday in Minna.
The Acting Registrar, Alhaji Abubakar Gana, who made the fraud allegation in the statement revealed that 1,041,536 candidates registered, while 1,032,729 candidates actually sat for the examination.
According to Gana, 939,733 candidates representing 90.47 per cent scored five credits and above without English and Mathematics.
He said that 875, 464 candidates, representing 84.77 per cent scored credits in the English Language while 850,331 candidates representing 82.34 per cent, scored credits in mathematics.
Gana also said that a total of 742,455 candidates representing 71.48 per cent scored five credits and above including English language and Mathematics.
He added that in 2017, 70.85 per cent of the candidates had five credits and above including in English and Mathematics as against 71.48 per cent in 2018, showing 0.63 per cent improved performance in the current result.
According to him, a total of 20,181 candidates were involved in examination malpractice — 3,269 candidates in mathematics and 2,177 candidates in English Language.