The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

‎This is contained in a statement issued on Thursday by its Acting Director of Information and Public Relations, Mr Azeez Sani.

‎Sani said that a total of 186,291 candidates registered for the examination in 12 subjects.

‎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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