JUST IN: NECO RELEASES 2025 SSCE RESULTS, 60.26% SCORE FIVE CREDITS INCLUDING MATHS, ENGLISH
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By: Sefiu Ajape
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE Internal), 54 days after the last paper was written.
Announcing the release at a press conference in Minna, Niger State, on Wednesday, NECO Registrar, Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi, said that out of the 1,358,339 candidates who sat for the June/July examination, 818,492 — representing 60.26 per cent — obtained five credits and above, including Mathematics and English.
He added that the number of candidates with five credits and above, irrespective of Mathematics and English, stood at 1,144,496, representing 84.26 per cent.
Wushishi explained:
“Number of candidates that registered for the examination is 1,367,210, representing 685,514 Males and 681,696 Females.
“Number of candidates that sat is 1,358,339 representing 680,292 Males and 678,047 females.
“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 2025 SSCE was conducted between Monday, June 16, and Friday, July 25, 2025.
According to the registrar, 1,622 candidates with special needs participated in the examination. Among them were 586 males and 355 females with hearing impairment, and 111 males and 80 females with visual impairment.
On malpractice, Wushishi revealed that “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.”
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He continued:
“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.
“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.”
Wushishi further disclosed that, in line with the reviewed curriculum currently being implemented, NECO will now conduct the SSCE on 38 subjects only, which will shorten the waiting period for results.
Giving a breakdown of performance by state, he said Kano recorded the highest number of candidates with five credits and above, including English and Mathematics, with 68,159 candidates (5.020 per cent). Lagos followed with 67,007 (4.930 per cent), while Oyo came third with 48,742.
The least performing centre was Gabon, where no candidate scored five credits and above, including English and Mathematics.
Meanwhile, NECO reiterated that it has begun its transition from the Paper-Pencil Test (PPT) model to a Computer-Based Test (CBT) model, with both private and public schools participating in the first phase.
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