The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2026 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) Internal, with 804,948 candidates, representing 58.67 per cent of those who sat for the examination, obtaining at least five credits including English Language and Mathematics.

NECO Registrar and Chief Executive, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, announced the results on Thursday at a press conference held at the council’s headquarters in Minna, Niger State.

According to Wushishi, 1,378,048 candidates registered for the examination, comprising 682,352 males and 695,696 females, while 1,371,992 candidates eventually sat for the examination.

The Registrar further disclosed that 1,162,118 candidates, representing 84.70 per cent, obtained five credits and above irrespective of their performance in English Language and Mathematics.

The examination was conducted across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, as well as six foreign countries; Benin Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Niger Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Togo and Saudi Arabia.

Wushishi said the results were released 63 days after the conclusion of the examination, following the completion of marking, verification and quality-assurance processes.

He also announced a significant reduction in examination malpractice, saying 1,406 candidates were involved in various forms of malpractice in 2026, compared with 3,878 candidates recorded in 2025.

The figure represents a 64.74 per cent reduction in reported examination malpractice cases, which the council attributed to strengthened examination security and quality-assurance measures.

The 2026 SSCE Internal was conducted from June 15 to July 23, 2026, with the marking exercise subsequently carried out as part of the process leading to the release of the results.

NECO has also made its official result-checking platform available to candidates. Candidates can check their results using their examination year, examination type, registration number and result-checking token.