The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE).
Ibrahim Wushishi, the NECO registrar, spoke on Wednesday at a conference in Minna, Niger state.
Wushishi revealed that out of the 1,358,339 total number of candidates who wrote the examination, 818,492 of them, representing 60.26 per cent, scored five credits and above, including Mathematics and English.
The registrar also said the number of candidates with five credits and above, regardless of Mathematics and English, amounts to 1,144,496, which represents 84.26 per cent of the total population.
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He said the number of candidates who registered for the examination but didn’t write it amounts to 8,871, with majority of them being male students.
“Number of candidates that registered for the examination is 1,367,210, representing 685,514 males and 681,696 females,” he said.
“Number of candidates that sat is 1,358,339 representing 680,292 males and 678,047 females.
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“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 NECO SSCE was held between June 16 and July 25.
The federal government had earlier disclosed plans to fully deploy computer-based testing for all senior secondary certificate examinations.
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In April, Tunji Alausa, minister of education, asked the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and NECO to fully adopt CBT by 2026.
Alausa said WAEC and NECO must begin conducting their objective papers in CBT by November 2025, with full transition to include essay components by May/June 2026.
He added that the directive is to curb exam malpractice and modernise the country’s assessment systems.
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