The National Examinations Council (NECO) has published the results of the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination with 60 per cent of students earning five credits and above in the examination including Mathematics and English Language.
At a press conference in Minna the NECO Registrar, Professor Ibrahim Dantani Wushishi, stated that 818,492 candidates representing 60.26 per cent candidates that sat for the examination scored five credits and above. Of the 1,358,339 candidates that sat for the June/July examination, 84.26 per cent had five credits and above in subjects other than Mathematics and English.
The total number of candidates that registered for the exam was 1,367,210 with 1,358,339 eventually sitting for the examination. There were 685,514 male students and 681,696 female students in all.
Further, Professor Wushishi also reported that there was a significant reduction in the number of malpractice complaints. The reports fell from 10,094 in 2024 to 3,878 in 2025 which is a 62 per cent reduction. However, 13 states indicated the involvement of 38 schools of students in mass cheating while nine supervisors from Rivers, Niger, FCT, Kano and Osun are under scrutiny for possible disciplinary action.
He advised that reforms introduced in recent years to include more rigorous monitoring and the gradual introduction of Computer-Based Testing in a few selected schools are beginning to yield results. He emphasized the importance of dealing with examination malpractices while improving exam integrity, processing results more quickly, and limiting opportunities for cheating.
The 2025 results represent a mix of progress and challenges. While the overall pass rate is up, and malpractice figures declined, cheating by some schools and supervisors still raises a lot of concern.
For many students, the release of results will bring some relief after months of waiting. For education stakeholders, it gives new hope that consistent reforms can improve the credibility of Nigeria’s examination system.
With improved monitoring and stronger policies, NECO appears set on a path to deliver more credible examinations in the years ahead.
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