The Nationwide Examinations Council (NECO) has launched the outcomes of the 2025 Senior College Certificates Examination (SSCE) Exterior, with greater than 80% of candidates recording 5 credit and above.
The announcement was made on Tuesday by the Registrar and Chief Government of NECO, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, throughout a press convention on the council’s headquarters in Minna, Niger State.
Declaring the ends in a video shared on NECO’s official X deal with, Wushishi stated candidates might now test their outcomes on the council’s web site utilizing their examination registration numbers.
He disclosed {that a} complete of 16 topics have been examined, with 96,979 candidates registered for the examination, comprising 51,823 males (53.43 per cent) and 45,156 females (46.56 per cent). Out of this quantity, 95,160 candidates ultimately sat for the examination.
In English Language, 93,425 candidates sat for the paper, out of which 73,167, representing 78.32%, obtained credit score and above. For Arithmetic, 93,330 candidates took the examination, with 85,256 candidates, or 91.35 per cent, reaching credit score and above.
General, 68,166 candidates, representing 71.63%, secured 5 credit and above together with English Language and Arithmetic, whereas 82,082 candidates, or 86.26%, recorded 5 credit and above no matter English and Arithmetic.
On examination malpractice, Wushishi revealed that 9,016 candidates have been booked for varied offences, marking a 31.7% enhance in contrast with the 6,160 instances recorded in 2024.
He added that 5 supervisors, two from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and one every from Kano, Adamawa, and Ondo states—have been beneficial for blacklisting for aiding and abetting malpractice.
As well as, 4 examination centres—two in Niger State and one every in Yobe and Kano—have been beneficial for de-recognition after being discovered culpable of whole-centre malpractice.
The SSCE Exterior examination is designed primarily for personal candidates looking for certification outdoors the common faculty system. NECO conducts the examination to offer alternatives for candidates who missed the inner SSCE or want to enhance their earlier outcomes.