BREAKING: NECO releases 2026 SSCE results

The National Examinations Council, NECO has released the results of the 2026 Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE Internal, with 804,948 candidates, representing 58.67 per cent, obtaining 5 credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics.

The results were released 63 days aft the past insubstantial of the introspection was written.

Registrar of NECO, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, announced the results astatine a property league successful Minna, Niger State, connected Thursday.

Wushishi said 1,378,048 candidates registered for the examination, portion 1,371,992 candidates sat for the exercise, which commenced connected June 15 and ended connected July 23, 2026.

He disclosed that 1,162,118 candidates, representing 84.70 per cent, obtained 5 credits and above, irrespective of their show successful English Language and Mathematics.

The NECO registrar besides announced a important diminution successful introspection malpractice, saying 1,406 candidates were progressive successful assorted forms of malpractice successful 2026, compared with 3,878 candidates recorded successful 2025.

He said the fig represented a 64.74 per cent simplification successful introspection malpractice.

Wushishi thanked President Bola Tinubu for reappointing him for a 2nd tenure arsenic NECO registrar, arsenic good arsenic the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, for his con...