NECO Releases 2025 SSCE External Results: Full Details Of Credits Obtained In English Language And Mathematics

<h4>NECO releases 2025 SSCE External Results<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>reports that the National Examinations Council has announced the release of the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination &lpar;SSCE&rpar; External results&comma; with over 80 per cent of candidates scoring five credits and above&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The results were announced on Tuesday by NECO Registrar and Chief Executive&comma; Prof&period; Dantani Wushishi&comma; during a press conference held at the council’s headquarters in Minna&comma; Niger State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Declaring the results in a video posted on NECO’s X handle&comma; Prof&period; Wushishi said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is my pleasure to declare the 2025 SSCE External Results released&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Candidates can access their results on the NECO official website&comma; www&period;neco&period;gov&period;ng&comma; using their examination registration number&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;He revealed that sixteen subjects were examined&comma; with a total of 96&comma;979 candidates registered&comma; comprising 51&comma;823 males &lpar;53&period;43 per cent&rpar; and 45&comma;156 females &lpar;46&period;56 per cent&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Of the total&comma; 95&comma;160 candidates sat for the examination&period; In <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;">English Language&comma;<&sol;a> 93&comma;425 candidates sat&comma; and 73&comma;167 &lpar;78&period;32 per cent&rpar; obtained credit and above&period; In Mathematics&comma; 93&comma;330 candidates sat&comma; with 85&comma;256 &lpar;91&period;35 per cent&rpar; achieving credit and above&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Overall&comma; 68&comma;166 candidates &lpar;71&period;63 per cent&rpar; obtained five credits and above&comma; including English Language and Mathematics&comma; while 82&comma;082 candidates &lpar;86&period;26 per cent&rpar; recorded five credits and above irrespective of English and Mathematics&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On malpractice&comma; Prof&period; Wushishi disclosed that 9&comma;016 candidates were booked for various forms of examination misconduct&comma; representing a 31&period;7 per cent increase compared with 6&comma;160 cases in 2024&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He added that five supervisors—two from the Federal Capital Territory &lpar;FCT&rpar; and one each from Kano&comma; Adamawa&comma; and Ondo States—were recommended for blacklisting for aiding and abetting malpractice&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; four centres—two in Niger State and one each in Yobe and Kano—were recommended for de-recognition after being found involved in whole-centre malpractice&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">SSCE<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>External examination is primarily taken by private candidates seeking certification outside the regular school system&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;NECO conducts the external examination to provide opportunities for those who missed the internal version or wish to improve their grades&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;