The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE Internal) results, 54 days after the conclusion of the last written paper.
Announcing the results at a press conference in Minna, Niger State, on Wednesday, NECO Registrar, Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi, disclosed that out of the 1,358,339 candidates who sat for the June/July examination, 818,492 candidates (60.26%) scored five credits and above, including Mathematics and English.
Wushishi further explained that the number of candidates with five credits and above, irrespective of English and Mathematics, stood at 1,144,496 (84.26%).
He said: “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 Wushishi, a total of 1,622 candidates with special needs participated in the examination. This included 586 males and 355 females with hearing impairment, and 111 males and 80 females with visual impairment.
On examination malpractice, the Registrar revealed 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.”
He further disclosed: “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.”
“On curriculum changes, Wushishi announced that NECO will now conduct the SSCE on only 38 subjects, which will also shorten the waiting period for results.
“Providing a state-by-state breakdown, the Registrar revealed that Kano led with 68,159 candidates (5.020%) scoring five credits and above, including English and Mathematics. Lagos followed with 67,007 candidates (4.930%), while Oyo placed third with 48,742 candidates.
“At the bottom of the performance chart was Gabon, where no candidate scored five credits and above, including English and Mathematics.
“NECO recently announced a transition from the traditional Paper-Pencil Test (PPT) model to a Computer-Based Test (CBT) model, with both private and public schools participating in the first phase of the transition.