The Nationwide Examinations Council, NECO has launched the result of the 2026 Senior College Certificates Exam, SSCE Interior, with 804,948 applicants, representing 58.67 in keeping with cent, acquiring 5 credit and above, together with English Language and Arithmetic.
The effects had been launched 63 days after the ultimate paper of the exam was once written.
Registrar of NECO, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, introduced the consequences at a press convention in Minna, Niger State, on Thursday.
Wushishi stated 1,378,048 applicants registered for the exam, whilst 1,371,992 applicants sat for the workout, which commenced on June 15 and ended on July 23, 2026.
He disclosed that 1,162,118 applicants, representing 84.70 in keeping with cent, bought 5 credit and above, without reference to their efficiency in English Language and Arithmetic.
The NECO registrar additionally introduced a vital decline in exam malpractice, pronouncing 1,406 applicants had been interested by quite a lot of varieties of malpractice in 2026, in comparison with 3,878 applicants recorded in 2025.
He stated the determine represented a 63.74 in keeping with cent relief in exam malpractice.
Wushishi thanked President Bola Tinubu for reappointing him for a 2d tenure as NECO registrar, in addition to the Minister of Schooling, Dr Tunji Alausa, for his self belief in his management.
He additionally counseled safety companies, specifically the Nigeria Safety and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, and the Division of State Products and services (DSS), for his or her vigilance, presence and beef up throughout the exam.
In line with him, the companies’ efforts helped support self-discipline, deter wrongdoing and give protection to the integrity of the exam.
Wushishi reassured stakeholders and the general public that NECO would stay dedicated to its mandate and proceed to uphold the integrity of its examinations.