The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE Internal), 54 days after the last paper was written.

Announcing the results at a press conference in Minna, Niger State, on Wednesday, NECO Registrar, Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi, revealed that out of the 1,358,339 candidates who sat for the June/July examination, 818,492 (60.26%) obtained five credits and above, including Mathematics and English.

He added that 1,144,496 candidates (84.26%) secured five credits and above, irrespective of Mathematics and English.

According to him, a total of 1,367,210 candidates registered for the examination, comprising 685,514 males and 681,696 females, while 1,358,339 eventually sat for it.

Prof. Wushishi disclosed that 1,622 candidates with special needs participated in the exams. These included 941 candidates with hearing impairment (586 males and 355 females) and 191 candidates with visual impairment (111 males and 80 females).

The registrar noted a significant decline in malpractice cases, with 3,878 candidates involved in 2025 compared to 10,094 in 2024, representing a 61.58% reduction.

He, however, disclosed that 38 schools across 13 states were implicated in mass cheating and would face sanctions after due process. Additionally, nine supervisors were recommended for blacklisting across Rivers (3), Niger (1), FCT (3), Kano (1), and Osun (1) states for offences ranging from aiding malpractice to insubordination.

Prof. Wushishi highlighted a disruption in Lamorde Local Government Area of Adamawa State, where communal clashes between July 7 and 25, 2025, affected eight schools. Thirteen subjects and 29 papers were disrupted, and discussions are ongoing with the state government to reschedule the exams.

Kano led with 68,159 candidates (5.02%) scoring five credits and above, including Mathematics and English. Lagos followed with 67,007 candidates (4.93%), Oyo ranked third with 48,742 candidates.

Curriculum and Exam Reforms

The registrar also announced that NECO has reduced examinable subjects to 38 under the reviewed curriculum to ensure faster release of results.

He further recalled that NECO had begun transitioning from the traditional Paper-Pencil Test (PPT) model to a Computer-Based Test (CBT) model, with selected schools already participating in the first phase of the transition.