NECO Releases 2026 BECE Results, Fixes July Resit Examination

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

 

The announcement was made in a statement issued on Thursday by NECO’s Acting Director of Information and Public Relations, Azeez Sani.

 

According to the council, a total of 186,291 candidates registered for the examination in 12 subjects. The candidates were drawn from the 36 states of the federation, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and five foreign countries.

 

Sani said the examination commenced on April 20 and ended on April 30, 2026.

 

The results were approved following the conclusion of the 2026 BECE Award Committee Meeting held at NECO’s headquarters in Minna, Niger State.

 

The meeting was chaired by the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, who was represented by the Director of Basic Education in the Federal Ministry of Education, Dr Folake Olatunji-David.

 

Secondary school principals from across the country and members of NECO management also attended the meeting.

 

The committee approved July 22 and July 23, 2026, for the conduct of the BECE resit examination in Mathematics and English Studies.

 

Sani explained that the resit examination is intended for candidates with conditional deficiencies in Mathematics, English Studies, or both.

 

He added that the exercise would provide affected candidates with an opportunity to remedy the deficiencies and obtain the certification required for admission into Senior Secondary School I (SSS I) without repeating a full academic year.