The National Examination Council (NECO) has officially released the results of the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE).
According to the figures announced, 60.26% of candidates secured five credits and above, including English and Mathematics, meeting the benchmark for university admission in Nigeria.
Releasing the result at the Council’s headquarters in Minna, Niger State capital on Wednesday, NECO Registrar, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi announced, “Number of candidates with five Credits and above, including Mathematics and English is 818,492 representing 60.26%.”
Similarly, Prof Wushishi put the number of candidates with five Credits and above, irrespective of Mathematics and English at 1,144,496, representing 84.26%.
He disclosed that the 1,367,210 candidates registered for the examination with 685,514 males and 681,696 females while 1,358,339 sat for the examination with 680,292 males and 678,047 females.
HOW TO CHECK NECO RESULTS
How to purchase a NECO Result Checking Token
Before checking your result, you need to purchase a token that serves as a Personal Identification Number (PIN). For this:
Step 1: Go to the official NECO Results portal.
Step 2: Create an account by providing your name, email, and password.
Step 3: After setting up your account, log in to your dashboard and click on “Purchase Token”.
Step 4: Complete the payment process using any payment method to acquire your tokens.
After you’ve successfully made the payment, the purchased token will be available in your account under the “My Tokens” section.
Now proceed to checking your result online
After purchasing your tokens, you’re now set to check your result using the following process.
Step 1: Go to the NECO Results portal
Step 2: Click on “Check Result.“
Step 3: Enter the token you purchased, your examination registration number, the exam year, and the exam type (SSCE Internal).
Step 4: Click on the “Check My Result” button to view your results.
How to check your results via SMS
To check your NECO 2025 result via SMS, ensure you have at least N50 airtime. Since you don’t have internet access, you can get your tokens from local vendors. These people get the tokens from the portal and sell them.
Step 1: Open your phone’s messaging app.
Step 2: Type your NECO details into a single message, without spaces, in the format: NECOExamNoPINExamYear.
NECOExamNo: Your NECO exam number.
PIN: Your token
ExamYear: The year the exam was taken.
Step 3: Send the message to the NECO official SMS number, 32327. Then wait for the reply, which will contain your NECO result.
In short, send an SMS in the format NECO*ExamNo*PIN*ExamYear (without spaces) to the official NECO SMS number, which is 32327.
For instance, if your exam number is 12345678AB, your token is 686442341122, and the year is 2025, you would send the message: NECO*12345678AB*686442341122*2025 to 32327.
