NECO results after admission deadlines: How candidates got caught between two calendars

The merchandise of the 2026 National Examinations Council, NECO, results came aft immoderate universities had already acceptable deadlines for candidates to upload their O’Level results, leaving students who depended connected NECO caught betwixt introspection and admittance calendars.

NECO released the 2026 Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, Internal results connected September 24, 2026, 63 days aft the past insubstantial was written connected July 23. Of the 1,371,992 candidates who sat for the examination, 804,948, representing 58.67 per cent, obtained astatine slightest 5 credits, including English Language and Mathematics.

For candidates waiting for NECO results, the timing mattered due to the fact that immoderate universities had already acceptable deadlines earlier the results became available.

Admission deadlines earlier NECO results

University of Lagos (UNILAG), announced connected August 18 that the deadline for uploading WAEC, NECO, GCE and Cambridge O’Level results to some the JAMB Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) and the assemblage portal had been extended to August 24.

The notice, signed by Mrs V. Abosede Wickliffe, Registrar and Secretary to Council, warned that candidates whose O’Level results were not decently reflected connected JAMB CAPS by the deadline would not beryllium considered for admission.

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