An official at the National Examinations Council of Nigeria (NECO) has disclosed that the School Certificate Examination (SSCE) internal results will be released before the end of this week.
The NECO Public Relations Officer, Mr. Azeez Sani, made this disclosure in a phone interview with our correspondent on Sunday.
New National Star (NNS) gathered that students sat for the 2025 NECO Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) internally from June 16, 2025, to July 25, 2025. The examination period covered both practical and written papers across various subjects for registered candidates.
Meanwhile, as tertiary institutions are commencing the 2025/2026 academic admission process, fears and tension have heightened, especially among candidates awaiting O’level results, who are calling on NECO to quickly release their results.
With many candidates fearing being denied admission opportunities if the Council delays the release of results within the stipulated time for admission, parents, guardians, and other concerned citizens have described the delay as another disaster in academic pursuit in Nigeria.
Though JAMB’s directive did not state a deadline for the upload of all O’level results, it would be recalled that during a policy meeting held on July 8, 2025, JAMB and the heads of tertiary institutions held discussions on minimum cut-off marks for universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education; minimum entry age requirements; and admission deadlines for all tertiary institutions, among other issues. They pegged cut-off marks for universities at 150, polytechnics and colleges of education at 100, colleges of nursing at 140, while the age limit was pegged at 16 years.
For admission dates, the stakeholders agreed that for the 2025/2026 admission exercise in Nigeria, all tertiary institutions are to complete their admissions by December 31, 2025, with public universities aiming for October 31, 2025, and private universities for November 30, 2025. All preliminary activities, including post-UTME screening, should be finished well before these deadlines to ensure the academic calendar is stabilised.