NECO releases 2025 SSCE Exterior outcomes, information 71.63% go fee

The Nationwide Examinations Council (NECO) has launched the outcomes for the 2025 Senior School Certificates Examination (SSCE) Exterior, recording a go fee of 71.63%.

This announcement was made by the Registrar and Chief Govt of NECO, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim-Wushishi, throughout a press convention on Wednesday on the council’s headquarters in Minna.

The examination was performed from November 26 to December 13, 2025, with the marking train happening between January 5 and January 21, 2026.

What they mentioned

Prof. Ibrahim-Wushishi revealed {that a} complete of 96,979 candidates registered for the examination, together with 51,823 males (53.43%) and 45,156 females (46.56%). Of those, 95,160 candidates sat for the examination, comprising 50,785 males (53.36%) and 44,375 females (46.63%).

By way of subject-specific efficiency:

• 93,425 candidates sat for English Language, with 73,167 (78.32%) acquiring a credit score or above.
• 93,330 candidates sat for Arithmetic, with 85,256 (91.35%) scoring a credit score or above.

Total, 68,166 candidates (71.63%) obtained 5 credit or extra, together with English Language and Arithmetic, whereas 82,082 candidates (86.26%) obtained 5 credit or extra no matter their English or Arithmetic outcomes.

Prof. Ibrahim-Wushishi additionally reported that 9,016 candidates have been caught for numerous types of malpractice, marking a 31.7% improve from the 6,160 instances recorded in 2024.

Extra Insights

He additionally disclosed that 5 supervisors have been advisable for blacklisting for aiding malpractice, together with two from the Federal Capital Territory and one every from Kano, Adamawa, and Ondo states. Moreover, 4 examination centres have been advisable for de-recognition: two from Niger and one every from Yobe and Kano states.

• Candidates are suggested to test their outcomes on NECO’s web site, www.neco.gov.ng, utilizing their examination registration numbers.
• Prof. Ibrahim-Wushishi additional introduced the discharge of the 2026 Automated Employees Posting Calendar (APC), explaining that employees postings will now be randomised.

Employees members can test their posting standing on-line at https://apcic.neco.gov.ng/myapc utilizing their date of start and file quantity (excluding the “P” prefix).

Backstory

The discharge of the 2025 SSCE Exterior outcomes follows NECO’s publication of the 2025 SSCE Inside ends in September 2025.

At the moment, the council reported that 818,492 candidates, representing 60.26% of the 1,358,339 candidates who sat for the June/July examinations, obtained 5 credit, together with English Language and Arithmetic.

What You Ought to Know

NECO, together with different main examination our bodies, is making ready for a sequence of reforms aimed toward strengthening credibility, lowering malpractice, and modernising the conduct of public exams.

As a part of these efforts, the Federal Authorities has launched a novel learner id quantity for WAEC and NECO candidates to curb dishonest, enhance candidate monitoring throughout examination cycles, and help long-term schooling knowledge administration.

The federal government has additionally mandated the complete adoption of computer-based testing (CBT) for NECO and WAEC, with each goal and essay papers anticipated to be performed on-line by the Could/June 2026 examination cycle to modernise the examination system, restrict human interference, and align Nigeria’s testing course of with worldwide requirements.