A total of 1,367,210 candidates are currently writing the 2025 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination, SSCE, conducted by the National Examinations Council, NECO.
Registrar of NECO, Prof. Ibrahim Dantani Wushishi, who disclosed this while monitoring the exercise at a pilot CBT centre in SASCON International School, Maitama, Abuja on Tuesday, said the Council was using dual mode of Computer Based Testing, CBT, and Paper, Pencil Testing, PPT, for the conduct of the exam.
According to him, out of the 1,367,210 candidates, 685,551 are male while over 681,300 are female, adding that Kano state is listed among the highest number of registered candidates with more than 137,000 enrolment, while Kebbi had the least, just above 5,000.