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NECO announces release of 2026 BECE results
The National Examinations Council, National Examinations Council, has announced the release of the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results.
The announcement was made in a statement issued on Thursday by the council’s Acting Director of Information and Public Relations, Azeez Sani.
According to Sani, a total of 186,291 candidates registered for the examination, which covered 12 subjects.
Further details on the performance of candidates were not immediately provided in the statement.
He said the candidates were drawn from the 36 states of the federation, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and five foreign countries.
According to him, the examination commenced on April 20 and was successfully concluded on April 30, 2026.
Sani said the results were released following the successful conclusion of the 2026 BECE Award Committee Meeting held at the council’s headquarters in Minna, Niger State.
He said the meeting was spearheaded by the minister of education, Dr Tunji Alausa, represented by the director of basic education, Federal Ministry of Education, Dr Folake Olatunji-David.
He added that the award committee meeting was also attended by secondary school principals from across the country as well as members of NECO management.
Sani said that the committee also approved July 22 and July 23, 2026, for the conduct of the BECE resit examination in mathematics and English studies.
He explained that the resit examination was designed for candidates with conditional deficiencies in mathematics, English studies, or both.
He, however, said that the examination would provide affected candidates with an opportunity to remedy the deficiencies and obtain the certification required for admission and placement into SSS I without repeating a full academic year. (NAN)
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