17th September 2025
The National Examinations Council, NECO, has announced the release of the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE internal) results.
According to NECO Registrar, Prof Ibrahim Wushishi, who disclosed this on Wednesday at a press conference in Minna, Niger State, said 818,492, representing 60.26 per cent out of the 1,358,339 candidates that sat for the June/July exercise, scored 5 credits and above, including Mathematics and English language.
Wushishi further stated that 1,144,496 candidates representing 84.26 per cent have five credits and above, irrespective of Mathematics and English language
A breakdown of the total Number of candidates that registered for the examination was 1,367,210, representing 685,514 Males and 681,696 Females while the total
Number of candidates that sat for the examination was 1,358,33,9 representing 680,292 Males and 678,047 females.
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“Number of candidates with five Credits and above, including Mathematics and English is 818,492 representing 60.26%.
“Number of candidates with five Credits and above, irrespective of Mathematics and English is 1,144,496 representing 84.26%.”
The number of candidates with special needs was 1,622, out of which candidates with hearing impairment were 586 males and 355 females, and candidates with visual impairment were 111 Males and 80 Females.
On the number of examination malpractice cases, the registrar noted that in the 2025 SSCE internal, the number of candidates involved in various forms of “malpractice was 3,878, as against 10,094 in 2024, which shows a reduction of 61.58 per cent.”
The 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination was conducted from Monday June 16, to Friday July 25, 2025.
Wushishi, said “During the conduct of the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination, 38 schools were found to have been involved in whole school (Mass) cheating in 13 States. They will be invited to the Council for discussion, after which appropriate sanctions will be applied.
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“Similarly, nine Supervisors: three in Rivers, one in Niger, three in FCT, one in Kano and one in Osun States were recommended for blacklisting due to poor Supervision, Aiding and Abetting, Lateness, Unruly behavior, Assault, and Insubordination.
“I wish to also draw your attention to a case in Lamorde Local Government, Adamawa State involving eight Schools which were affected by a communal clash resulting in the disruption of our examinations from 7th to 25th July, 2025. A total of thirteen Subjects and twenty-nine Papers were involved.
“We have since commenced talks with the State Government with a view to conducting the examinations for the affected Schools.”
However, Wushishi disclosed that in view of the reviewed curriculum, which is currently being implemented, NECO will conduct the SSCE examination on only 38 subjects, which will reduce the waiting time for the results.
On the breakdown of state by state performance, he noted that Kano came top with 68,159, representing 5.020 per cent of candidates scoring five credits and above, including English and mathematics.
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Lagos came second in performance with 67,007 or 4.930 per cent of candidates, scoring five credits and above, including English and mathematics, while Oyo came third with 48,742 candidates scoring five credits and above, including English and mathematics.
The least performing centre was Gabon, with no candidate scoring five credits and above, including English and mathematics.
The National Examinations Council, recently announced the transition from the Paper-Pencil Test model, known as the PPT model to Computer-Based Test, CBT, Model.
