NECO: 60.26% of Candidates Score Credits in English, Mathematics

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2025 Senior Secondary School Examination (SSCE), showing that 818,492 candidates — representing 60.26% — obtained at least five credit passes, including English Language and Mathematics.

Similarly, 1,144,496 candidates achieved five credits and above irrespective of English and Mathematics.

In total, 1,367,310 students sat for the examination nationwide, comprising 680,292 males and 678,047 females. The results were released 54 days after the last paper was conducted.

Announcing the outcome at NECO headquarters in Minna, Niger State, yesterday, the Registrar/Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, disclosed that 38 schools across 13 states were involved in whole-school cheating.

He said: “38 schools across 13 states in the country were involved in whole school cheating and the schools will be invited to the council for discussion, after which appropriate sanctions will be applied. Also, 3,878 candidates were involved in various forms of examination malpractices, against 10,094 candidates last year.”

The Registrar also revealed that nine supervisors were indicted for aiding and abetting malpractice. These include three in Rivers State, one in Niger, three in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), one in Kano, and one in Osun.

“The affected supervisors have been recommended for blacklisting due to poor supervision, aiding and abetting, lateness, unruly behaviour, assault and insubordination,” Wushishi added.

He further explained that eight schools in Adamawa State were affected by communal clashes between July 7 and 25, which disrupted the examinations. A total of 13 subjects, 29 papers, and 559 students were impacted.

The Registrar noted that discussions were ongoing with the Adamawa State Government to reconduct the exams for the affected schools. He stressed that their results could not be released yet as they remain incomplete.

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