NECO: 58.67% score five credits including English, Mathematics as malpractice drops

The National Examinations Council, NECO, has announced that 804,948 candidates, representing 58.67 per cent of those who sat the 2026 Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, Internal, obtained astatine slightest 5 credits including English Language and Mathematics.

The Registrar and Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, announced the results on Thursday at a property briefing astatine the Council’s office successful Minna, Niger State.

Wushishi said 1,378,048 candidates registered for the examination, comprising 682,352 males and 695,696 females, portion 1,371,992 candidates yet sat for the examination.

According to him, 1,162,118 candidates, representing 84.70 per cent, obtained 5 credits and supra irrespective of whether the credits included English Language and Mathematics.

He disclosed that the 2026 introspection besides recorded a important simplification successful cases of introspection malpractice, with 1,406 candidates progressive successful assorted forms of malpractice compared with 3,878 candidates recorded successful 2025.

The fig represents a diminution of astir 63.8 per cent from the erstwhile year.

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