The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2026 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), with 804,948 candidates, representing 58.67 per cent, obtaining five credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics.
The figure represents a 2.64 percentage-point decline from the 60.26 per cent recorded in the 2025 examination, when 818,492 candidates obtained five credits and above, including English and Mathematics.
NECO Registrar, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, announced the results at a press conference in Minna, Niger State, on Thursday, 63 days after the last paper of the examination was written.
Wushishi said 1,378,048 candidates registered for the examination, while 1,371,992 candidates eventually sat for the exercise, which commenced on June 15 and ended on July 23, 2026.
He disclosed that 1,162,118 candidates, representing 84.70 per cent, obtained five credits and above, irrespective of their performance in English Language and Mathematics.
