{
  "id": 9763949,
  "title": "2026 SSCE: NECO Releases Results, 58.67% Pass English, Maths",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/2026-ssce-neco-releases-results-58-67-pass-english-maths-9763949",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T12:23:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/09/25/2026-ssce-neco-releases-results-58-67-pass-english-maths-3/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced the results of the 2026 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) Internal, with 58.67% of the 804,948 candidates obtaining five credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics. Registrar Prof. Dantani Wushishi revealed that 1,162,118 candidates, representing 84.70%, achieved five credits and above irrespective of their performance in English Language and Mathematics. Wushishi also reported a significant reduction in examination malpractice, with only 1,406 candidates involved in malpractice, a 64.74% decrease from the 3,878 candidates recorded in 2025.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}