NECO releases 2025 SSCE external results, records 71.63% pass rate
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) External results, with 71.63 per cent of candidates scoring five credits and above including English Language and Mathematics. Registrar and Chief Executive, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim‑Wushishi, announced the results at a news conference at NECO headquarters in Minna, noting that the exams held from November 26 to December 13, 2025, while marking ran from January 5 to 21, 2026. He said the results were released 52 days after the last paper. A total of 96,979 candidates registered, comprising 51,823 males (53.43 per cent) and 45,156 females (46.56 per cent), while 95,160 eventually sat for the examination (50,785 males and 44,375 females). Ibrahim‑Wushishi disclosed that 93,425 candidates sat for English Language, with 73,167 (78.32 per cent) obtaining credit and above, while 93,330 sat for Mathematics and 85,256 (91.35 […]
