60% Pass with Five Credits Including English and Mathematics
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 results in Minna, Niger State, on Wednesday, NECO Registrar, Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi, revealed that out of 1,358,339 candidates who sat for the June/July exams, 818,492 representing 60.26% obtained five credits and above, including Mathematics and English.
A total of 1,144,496 candidates, or 84.26%, secured five credits and above irrespective of English and Mathematics.
Wushishi disclosed that Kano State topped the performance chart with 68,159 candidates (5.02%) scoring five credits and above, including English and Mathematics. Lagos followed closely with 67,007 (4.93%), while Oyo came third with 48,742 candidates.
At the bottom was Gabon Centre, where no candidate achieved the benchmark of five credits including English and Mathematics.
Of the 1,367,210 candidates who registered, 1,358,339 sat for the exam 680,292 males and 678,047 females. Special needs candidates totaled 1,622, including 941 with hearing impairments and 191 with visual impairments.
Cases of examination malpractice dropped sharply, with 3,878 candidates involved in 2025 compared to 10,094 in 2024 a 61.58% reduction.
However, 38 schools in 13 states were implicated in mass cheating and will face NECO sanctions. Nine supervisors from Rivers, Niger, FCT, Kano, and Osun States were also recommended for blacklisting over misconduct ranging from aiding malpractice to insubordination.
In Adamawa State’s Lamorde LGA, communal clashes disrupted examinations across eight schools, affecting 13 subjects and 29 papers. NECO said it is working with the state government to reschedule the exams.
The Registrar added that with the implementation of the reviewed curriculum, future SSCE exams will now be conducted in 38 subjects only, aimed at reducing waiting times for results.
