The National Examination Council has released the results of the 2026 Senior School Certificate Examination.
A total of 1,496 candidates were involved in examination malpractice, as against 3,878 in 2025.
The Registrar of NECO, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, made this known on Thursday during a press briefing, where he said 1,378,048 candidates registered for the examination, but 1,371,992 sat for it.
“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%.
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“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.
The registrar explained during the question-and-answer session that the adoption of the computer-based examination had reduced the incidence of malpractice in NECO examinations.
He further said that NECO was not aware of miracle centres, saying NECO owns only one school and is not involved in miracle 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.
