The Federal Government has released the 2025 National Common Entrance Examination, NCEE, results for admission into Junior Secondary School 1 (JSS 1) in the country’s 80 Federal Unity Colleges (FUCs).
It also released the results of the separate entrance examination into the Federal Government Academy (FGA), Suleja.
Speaking at a briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Ahmad, described it as “a moment of fulfilment and progress for basic education in Nigeria.”
The examination, which was conducted by the National Examinations Council (NECO) on June 14, recorded 64,578 registered candidates, of which 61,290 sat for the examination, while 3,288 were absent.
According to her, “Out of the maximum obtainable score of 210, 13 candidates obtained the highest score of 202, while 27 candidates obtained the lowest score of 1. This year, an unprecedented number of 52 candidates—two from Lagos and 50 from Rivers—were involved in examination malpractice.”