The federal government has released the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) results for admissions into JSS1 of the Federal Unity Colleges.

The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, who announced the results at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday, July 16, said one candidate scored the highest mark of 203 in the examination.

The minister said that the admission criteria for the selection of qualified candidates into Federal Unity Colleges remained the same.

According to him, admission requirements are 60 percent merit, 30 percent equality of state, and 10 percent exigency.

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Sununu said that of the 71,291 candidates who registered for the exams conducted in 599 centres on June 1, 2024, 66,931 candidates sat for the examination while 4,360 were absent.

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According to the figures released by the National Examination Council (NECO), Lagos State came tops with the highest number of candidates, with 17,751 while Federal Capital Territory came second with 10,209 candidates and Anambra State trailed in third position with 4,972 candidates, respectively.

The minister said: “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, therefore, charged the Senior Secondary Education Department in the Federal Ministry of Education to ensure that all admission processes were concluded timely and it should be done in line with the above criteria.

The minister said: “As you are all aware, it is common knowledge that our Federal Unity Colleges have become the first port of call for most parents in the country.

“I want to assure all Nigerian parents that the government will continue to do its best to improve infrastructural development, feeding, and teacher quality for effective teaching and learning in our colleges.”