NECO Releases 2026 SSCE Results, Records 64.74% Drop in Malpractice

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2026 Senior School Certificate Examination, with the council recording a 64.74 per cent reduction in examination malpractice compared with 2025.

The NECO Registrar, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, disclosed this on Thursday during a press briefing on the examination results.

He said 1,378,048 candidates registered for the examination, while 1,371,992 candidates sat for it.

Wushishi said 804,948 candidates, representing 58.67 per cent, obtained five credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics.

He added that 1,126,118 candidates, representing 84.70 per cent, obtained five credits and above irrespective of their results in English Language and Mathematics.

“Number of candidates with five credits and above, including English language and mathematics 804,948, representing 58. 67%

“Number of candidates with 5 credits and above irrespective of English language and mathematics was 1,126,118, representing 84.70%.

“Number of candidates involved in examination malpractice in 2026 was 1,496 as against 3,878 in 2025. There was a decrease of 64.74%,” Wushishi said.

During the question-and-answer session, the registrar attributed the reduction in examination malpractice partly to the adoption of computer-based examinations by NECO.

Wushishi also dismissed claims of NECO’s involvement in so-called miracle centres, saying the council owns only one school and does not operate such centres.

“We register centres and have criteria for which we register these centres. We don’t know miracle centres because we have only one school and we cannot be associated with miracle centres.

“If there are miracle centres, it is the state governments that established these miracle centres, or they are privately owned, but NECO does not believe in miracle centres,” he said.

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