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 in Minna, Niger State on Wednesday, the Registrar, Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi, said 818,492 candidates, representing 60.26 per cent of the 1,358,339 who sat for the June/July examination, scored five credits and above, including Mathematics and English Language.
According to him, 1,144,496 candidates, or 84.26 per cent, had five credits and above irrespective of Mathematics and English.
A total of 1,367,210 candidates registered for the examination, made up of 685,514 males and 681,696 females. Of these, 1,358,339 candidates sat for the papers, comprising 680,292 males and 678,047 females.
The examination, which held between June 16 and July 25, also had 1,622 candidates with special needs. Among them were 941 candidates with hearing impairment, 191 with visual impairment, and others with different categories of disabilities.
On malpractice, Wushishi disclosed that 3,878 candidates were caught in various forms of cheating, a significant reduction from 10,094 cases recorded in 2024, marking a 61.58 per cent drop. He, however, noted that 38 schools across 13 states were implicated in mass cheating, and nine supervisors in Rivers, Niger, FCT, Kano, and Osun states were recommended for blacklisting over poor supervision and misconduct.
He also highlighted disruptions in Lamorde Local Government Area of Adamawa State, where a communal clash affected eight schools. The crisis disrupted examinations in 13 subjects and 29 papers between July 7 and 25. Discussions with the state government are ongoing to reschedule the examinations for the affected schools.
On state-by-state performance, Kano led with 68,159 candidates (5.02 per cent) securing five credits and above including English and Mathematics, followed closely by Lagos with 67,007 candidates (4.93 per cent) and Oyo with 48,742 candidates. At the bottom of the performance table was Gabon, where no candidate attained five credits and above with the required subjects.
Wushishi further announced that NECO, in line with its revised curriculum, will now conduct the SSCE in 38 subjects only, a move expected to reduce the waiting time for results.
The examination body also reiterated its transition from the traditional Paper-Pencil Test (PPT) model to the Computer-Based Test (CBT) model, with some public and private schools already participating in the first phase of the shift.
