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. This figure represents a 2.64 percentage-point decline from the 60.26 per cent recorded in the 2025 examination. NECO Registrar Prof. Dantani Wushishi announced the results at a press conference in Minna, Niger State, on Thursday, 63 days after the last paper. A total of 1,378,048 candidates registered for the examination, while 1,371,992 sat for it.
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