NECO releases 2026 BECE results

The National Examination Council, has released the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination results

A total of A total of 126,291 candidates registered for the examinations in 12 subjects which commenced on 20th April, 2026 and was concluded on 30th April, 2026.

The Acting Director, Information and Public Relations, Azeez Sani, made this known on Thursday in a statement in a statement in which he disclosed that an award Committee has approved a date for the 2026 BECE re-sit examination.

The chairperson of the Award Committee and Director, Basic Education, Federal Ministry of Education, Folake David, who represented the Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Alausa, expressed satisfaction with the processes leading to the successful release of the result.

“The result of the examination was released following the successful conclusion of the 2026 BECE Award Committee Meeting held at the Council’s Headquarters in Minna, Niger state.

“The Award Committee has approved the date and time for the 2026 BECE Re-sit examination. The Re-sit examination is scheduled to hold on 22nd and 23rd July, 2026 for Mathematics and English Studies.

“The BECE Re-sit examination is conducted for candidates that have conditional deficiencies in Mathematics or English studies or both.

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The Re-sit examination is to enable affected candidates remedy deficiencies in mathematics and English Studies, which allows them gain the necessary certification for admission and placement into Senio@r Secondary School (SSS1) without repeating a full academic year,” she said.

The BECE is conducted by NECO for pupils completing the nine-year Basic Education programme in Nigeria.

The examination serves as a key assessment for admission and placement into Senior Secondary School.

WAEC, NECO postponed for 2020 indefinitely – FG

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The Nigerian government has postponed the Senior School Certificate Examination organised by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) for the year amid coronavirus outbreak.

Emeka Nwajubu, Minister of state for education announced this during a press briefing monitored by DAILY POST on Channels Tv.

“WAEC and NECO for the year have been postponed indefinitely.

“The students can learn online, we have made a lot of provision for that. The director of FCT has also opened a portal for the process

“We are working with the ministry of information to escalate education content to provide for everyone at home.

“Our biggest challenge is to reach children who do not have devices but we are working with radio corporations to instil some of that for primary and secondary students .”

NECO releases November/December 2019 SSCE result

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The National Examination Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2019 November/December Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE).


Mr Abubakar Gana, Acting Registrar of the council, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Thursday.

Gana said that a total of 70,140 candidates registered for the examination, and 65,207 sat for English Language out of which 41,214, representing 63 per cent, got either Distinction or Credit.


He added that 66,398 candidates sat for Mathematics, out of which 54,565, representing 82.18 per cent, got either Distinction or Credit.


The acting registrar said 33,576 candidates, representing 48.68 per cent, got five Credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics.

“On the other hand, 50,057 candidates, representing 72.57% got five Credits and above, irrespective of English Language and Mathematics.

“A comparative analysis of candidates who scored five Credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics for 2018 and 2019 shows 62.48% for 2018 and 48.68% for 2019,” he stated.


The acting registrar said that the figure represented a decrease of 13.8 per cent in 2019.

“This is coming exactly 49 days after the last paper was written. A total of 29 subjects were examined.

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BREAKING: Buhari approves reduction in cost of JAMB, NECO forms

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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a reduction in the cost of forms for final year secondary school and post-secondary school examinations.

This was made known by the president’s aide on new media, Bashir Ahmad.

According to Mr Ahmad, the cost of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) forms has been reduced from N5,000 to N3,500 while the cost of National Examination Council (NECO) forms was reduced from N11,350 to N9,850.

The reduction takes effect from January 2019.

JAMB has been making hundreds of millions of naira profit since its new leadership headed by Ishaq Oloyede assumed office; leading many Nigerians to demand a reduction in the cost of forms.

More details later…

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