Kano State has emerged first in the just-released 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, results conducted by the National Examinations Council, NECO.
According to the data, a total of 68,159 candidates from Kano scored five credits and above, including English and Mathematics.
The NECO Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, announced this at a news briefing on Wednesday in Minna.
According to him, Lagos came second in performance with 67,007 or 4.930 per cent of candidates, scoring five credits and above including English and mathematics.
Similarly, Oyo came third with 48,742 candidates scoring five credits and above including English and mathematics.
The registrar stated that the council released the 2025 SSCE internal results 54 days after the last written paper.
Mr Wushishi said that out of the 1,358,339 candidates who sat for the June/July exercise, 818,492, representing 60.26 per cent scored 5 credits and above, including Mathematics and English.
He stated that the number of candidates with five credits and above, irrespective of Mathematics and English was 1,144,496 representing 84.26 per cent.
“Number of candidates that registered for the examination is 1,367,210 representing 685,514 Males and 681,696 Females.
“Number of candidates that sat is 1,358,339 representing 680,292 Males and 678,047 females.
“Number of candidates with five Credits and above, including Mathematics and English is 818,492 representing 60.26%.
“Number of candidates with five Credits and above, irrespective of Mathematics and English is 1,144,496 representing 84.26%,” he said.
