The institution also said 29 students were graded first class.
This is contained in the executive summary of the results of the Council of Legal Education which runs the NLS, issued by the Head of Information and Protocol, Nigerian Law School, Chinedu Ukekwe.
The document signed by the Director-General of the NLS, Mr. Olanrewaju Onadeko (SAN), and released to journalists in Abuja on Saturday stated that 5,891 students participated in the examinations.
According to Ukekwe, a total of 5, 891 students took part in the examinations, at the end of which 4, 285 scaled through, while 1, 272 failed.
Ukekwe stated that 29 students were graded First Class, 211 settled for Second Class (Upper Division); 1, 046 made Second Class (Lower Division), 2, 999 accounted for pass, while 334 came out with conditional Pass.
The breakdown of the results showed that candidates with Pass accounted for 72.7 per cent, those with conditional Pass represented 5. 7 per cent, while those who failed were 21.6 per cent.
Ukekwe, however stated that the Call to the Bar Ceremony for the successful candidates will hold on November 28 and 29, in Abuja.
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