Kano State has emerged because the main state within the 2026 Senior College Certificates Exam carried out by way of the Nationwide Examinations Council (NECO), with 74,413 applicants securing a minimum of 5 credit, together with English Language and Arithmetic.
This used to be contained in a commentary issued on Saturday by way of Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, Director-Basic, Media and Exposure, Kano State Executive.
The state executive mentioned Lagos got here 2nd with 72,496 applicants, whilst Oyo ranked 3rd with 55,543.
The most recent consequence approach Kano has retained the highest place for the second one consecutive 12 months after recording the easiest choice of applicants assembly the five-credit benchmark within the 2025 NECO exam.
Reacting to the advance, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf counseled the scholars, lecturers, folks and different stakeholders for the efficiency.
“The back-to-back efficiency is a sign that the state’s sustained funding in training is generating measurable effects,” Governor Yusuf mentioned.
The governor mentioned his management would maintain its funding in training via progressed studying amenities, recruitment and coaching of lecturers, scholarships and fortify for indigent scholars.
Bature mentioned the state executive spent greater than N4.4 billion in 2026 to sponsor applicants for the Senior College Certificates Exam, specifically indigent scholars.
In line with him, the intervention used to be designed to take away monetary boundaries and permit scholars to take part within the examinations underneath higher prerequisites.
Governor Yusuf mentioned the most recent NECO efficiency used to be a part of the advance recorded by way of Kano scholars underneath his management.
He devoted the success to scholars, lecturers, folks and the folks of Kano State, pronouncing the federal government would proceed operating in opposition to an training machine that equips younger other people with the data and talents required for upper training, employment, innovation and management.