The National Examinations Council (NECO), has released the result of the 2025 November/December Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) 52 days after the examinations were taken.
Announcing the release of the results on Tuesday in Minna, the Registrar of NECO, Prof. Ibarim Wushishi stated that 68,166 out of 96,979 of the candidates that sat for the examination scored five credits including English Language and Mathematics representing 71.63% of the total scores.
The Registrar said that a total of 96,979 candidates registered for the external exams out of which, 95, 160 actually wrote, with 50,785 male representing 53.36 percent of candidates and 44,375 representing 44.63 percent of females
Also, 82,082 candidates representing 86.26 percent got five credits and above irrespective of English Language and Mathematics according to the NECO chief.
He, however, revealed that total 9,016 candidates were booked for various exams malpractice as against 6,160 in 2024, representing an 31.7 percent increase.
He further announced that five supervisors were recommended for blacklisting for aiding and abetting examination malpractice.
He explained, “Out of the five blacklisted supervisors, two were from the FCT, one each from Kano, Adamawa, and Ogun States for aiding and abetting examination malpractice during the conduct of the examination “.
“Four centres, two from Niger State, one each from Yobe and Kano States, found to have been involved in malpractice were recommended for de-registration.”
The 2025 SSCE examinations held between Wednesday 26 November to Saturday 13 December, 2025.