NECO releases 2025 SSCE external results with 71.63% pass

•Blacklists 4 centres, 5 supervisors for exams malpractice

From John Adams Minna

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for external candidates, 52 days after the last paper was taken.

Announcing the results at the Council’s headquarters in Minna, the Niger State capital yesterday, the Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, said 96, 979 candidates registered for the examinations.

The Registrar disclosed that out of this number, 95,160 made up of 51,823, representing 53.43 percent of male and 44,375, representing 46.63 percent of female actually sat for the examinations.

He said a ritual number of candidates that sat for English Language stood at 93,425, out of which 73,167, representing 78,32 percent got credits and above.

Also 93, 330 candidates sat for mathematics, out of which 85,256 candidates representing 91.36 percent got credits and above.

However, further breakdown of the result showed that 68,166 candidates, representing 71.63 percent got five credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics.

Professor Wushishi explained further that out of this number, 82,082 candidates representing 86.26 percent obtained five credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics.

The Registrar, who reiterated the Council’s zero tolerance for examination malpractice, noted that appropriate standards and excellence were maintained right from the planning stage to the release of results.

To this end, Professor Wushishi disclosed that 9,016 cases of examination malpractice were recorded in this year’s examinations as against 6,160 in 2024, which showed an increase  in the number of malpractice cases by 31 percent.

He, however, said five supervisors, two from the FCT, one each from Kano, Adamawa and Ondo states, were recommended for blacklisting for aiding and abetting examinations malpractices.

He added further that four centres, two from Niger State, one each from Yobe and Kano states that were found to have been involved in whole centre malpractices were recommended for de-recognition.