60% Record Credit In Maths, English As Exam Council Releases 2025 SSCE Results

National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) internal, results, 54 days aft the workout was conducted.

NECO registrar, Prof Ibrahim Wushishi, who announced the merchandise of the results successful Minna, Niger State yesterday, said of the 1,358,339 candidates who sat for the June/July exercise, 818,492, representing 60.26 per cent scored 5 credits and above, including Mathematics and English.

Wushishi stated that the fig of candidates with 5 credits and above, irrespective of Mathematics and English is 1,144,496 representing 84.26 per cent.

“Number of candidates that registered for the introspection 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 5 Credits and above, including Mathematics and English is 818,492 representing 60.26%.

“Number of candidates with 5 Credits and above, irrespective of Mathematics and English is 1,144,496 representing 84.26%,” helium said.

Recall that the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination was conducted from Monday 16th June to Friday 25th July, 2025.

Wushishi stated that the fig of candidates with peculiar needs was 1,622 retired of which candidates with proceeding impairment were 586 Males and 355 Females, and candidates with ocular impairment were 111 Males and 80 Females.

On the fig of introspection malpractice cases, the registrar noted that successful 2025 SSCE internal, the fig of candidates progressive successful assorted forms of malpractice was 3,878, arsenic against 10,094 successful 2024, which shows a simplification of 61.58 per cent.

He further disclosed that “During the behaviour of the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), 38 schools were recovered to person been progressive successful full schoolhouse (Mass) cheating successful 13 States. They volition beryllium invited to the Council for discussion, aft which due sanctions volition beryllium applied.

“Similarly, 9 (9) Supervisors: 03 successful Rivers, 01 successful Niger, 03 successful FCT, 01 successful Kano and 01 successful Osun States were recommended for blacklisting owed to mediocre Supervision, Aiding and Abetting, Lateness, Unruly behavior, Assault, and Insubordination.

“I privation to besides gully your attraction to a lawsuit successful Lamorde Local Government, Adamawa State involving 8 (08) Schools which were affected by a communal clash resulting successful the disruption of our examinations from 7th to 25th July, 2025. A full of thirteen (13) Subjects and twenty-nine (29) Papers were involved.

“We person since commenced talks with the State Government with a presumption to conducting the examinations for the affected Schools.”

He announced that successful presumption of the reviewed program which is presently being implemented, NECO volition behaviour SSCE introspection connected lone 38 subjects which volition trim the waiting clip for the results.

While providing a breakdown of show by states, helium noted that Kano came apical with 68,159, representing 5.020 per cent candidates scoring 5 credits and supra including English and mathematics.

Lagos came 2nd successful show with 67,007 oregon 4.930 per cent of candidates, scoring 5 credits and supra including English and mathematics, portion Oyo came 3rd with 48,742 candidates scoring 5 credits and supra including English and mathematics.

The slightest performing centre was Gabon with nary campaigner scoring 5 credits and supra including English and mathematics.