The National Examinations Council (NECO) has sanctioned five examination supervisors and moved to derecognise four examination centres over malpractice recorded during the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination for external candidates.
The council’s Registrar and Chief Executive, Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, disclosed this on Tuesday while announcing the release of the results at NECO headquarters in Minna, Niger State.
According to him, two of the affected supervisors are from the Federal Capital Territory, while the others are from Kano, Adamawa and Ondo states.
He said the supervisors were found to have aided and abetted examination malpractice. He added that four examination centres; two in Niger State and one each in Yobe and Kano states, were recommended for derecognition over their involvement in whole-centre malpractice.
According to NECO, a total of 9,016 malpractice cases were recorded during the examination, compared to 6,160 cases in 2024, representing an increase of about 31 per cent.
Despite the rise in malpractice cases, the registrar said the council maintained strict standards and upheld its zero-tolerance policy throughout the conduct of the examination and the release of results.