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By Mohammed Baba Busu

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the 2025 Senior Schools Certificate Examinations, commending President Bola Tinubu for his unwavering support to it.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports this was announced by its Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, at a news briefing on Wednesday in Minna.

According to him, the event was the culmination of a rigorous assessment process.

Wushishi said that it was a reaffirmation of their collective commitment to quality education, merit, integrity and national development.

On Tinubu’s support, the chairman said, “Your leadership, vision and unwavering commitment in which institutions like NECO can strive for higher standards, transparency and accountability.

“Your support fuels our drive to deliver fair, credible and timely results for our nation’s students.

“This is a demonstration of the renewed hope for Nigeria’s education system.”

Wushishi also applauded the invaluable support of the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, Minister of State, Prof. Suwaiba Ahmad and the Permanent Secretary, Dr Abel Enitan.

He said, “Their steadfast collaboration and the successful implementation of reforms that underpin our assessment systems.

He assured of their readiness to always key into their noble objectives.

Wushishi further commended the National Assembly especially the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Education (Basic and Secondary).

He also commended the various stakeholders especially Niger government for their remarkable support and cooperation to the or organisation.

Meanwhile, the chairman stated that the council released the 2025 SSCE internal results 54 days after the last written paper.

Wushishi said that out of the 1,358,339 candidates who sat for the June/July exercise, 818,492, representing 60.26 per cent scored 5 credits and above, including Mathematics and English.

He stated that the number of candidates with five credits and above, irrespective of Mathematics and English was 1,144,496 representing 84.26 per cent.

Recall that the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination was conducted from Monday 16th June to Friday 25th July, 2025.

Wushishi stated that the number of candidates with special needs was 1,622 out of which candidates with hearing impairment were 586 males and 355 females.

He further said that candidates with visual impairment were 111 males and 80 females.

On the number of examination malpractice cases, the registrar said that in 2025 SSCE internal, the number of candidates involved in various forms of malpractice was 3,878, as against 10,094 in 2024, which showed a reduction of 61.58 per cent.

He further disclosed that during the conduct of the 2025 SSCE, 38 schools were found to have been involved in whole school (Mass) cheating in 13 States.

He announced that in view of the reviewed curriculum which was currently being implemented, NECO would conduct SSCE examination on only 38 subjects, to reduce the waiting time for the results.

While providing a breakdown of performance by states, he stated that Kano came top with 68,159, representing 5.020 per cent candidates scoring five credits and above including English and Mathematics.

Also, Lagos came second in performance with 67,007 or 4.930 per cent of candidates, scoring five credits and above including English and mathematics.

Similarly, Oyo came third with 48,742 candidates scoring five credits and above including English and mathematics.

Wushishi said that the least performing centre was Gabon, with no candidate scoring five credits and above including English and mathematics.(NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

Edited by Bashir Rabe Mani