The National Examinations Council has released the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination results, 54 days after the last written paper.
NECO Registrar, Ibrahim Wushishi, announced the results at a press conference in Minna, Niger State, on Wednesday. He revealed that 818,492 out of 1,358, 339 candidates, scored 5 credits and above, including Mathematics and English.
Wushishi added that the number of candidates with five credits and above, irrespective of Mathematics and English, is 1,144,496. The council recorded 941 candidates with hearing impairment while candidates with visual impairment were 111 Males and 80 Females.
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On the number of examination malpractices, the registrar noted that the number of candidates involved was 3,878, as against 10,094 in 2024. According to him, those involved will be invited to the Council for discussion, after which appropriate sanctions will be applied.
Similarly, nine Supervisors were recommended for blacklisting due to poor supervision, laziness, insubordination, among others. Also, he announced that NECO will now conduct the SSCE examination on only 38 subjects, to reduce the results waiting time.
Talking about state performances, he noted that Kano came top with 68,159 candidates scoring five credits and above, including English and mathematics.
Lagos came second in performance with 67,007 candidates, scoring five credits and above, including English and mathematics. Similarly, 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. Recently, the Examination Council announced the Computer-Based Test Model, with several private and public schools taking part in the first phase of the transition.
The 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination was conducted from Monday, June 16, to Friday, July 25, 2025.
