FG Releases 2025 Common Entrance Results To Unity Schools, As Only 13 Candidates Score 202 Highest Mark

The Federal Ministry of Education on Wednesday released the results of the 2025 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE). 

It also released the results into the Federal Government Academy (FGA), Suleja, Niger State. 

Releasing the results in Abuja, the Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Said Ahmad, said "Major highlights of the NCEE results are as follows: ➤ 64,578 candidates registered for 2025 NCEE; ➤ 61,290 candidates sat for the examination; ➤ 3,288 were absent; ➤ Out of the maximum obtainable score of 210, thirteen (13) candidate obtained the highest score of 202, while 27 candidates obtained the lowest score of 1; 
"➤ This year, an unprecedented number of 52 candidates (2 candidates from Lagos State and 50 candidates from Rivers State) were involved in examination malpractice;

Noting that the National Common Entrance Examination is for admission into Junior Secondary School one (JSS 1) of Federal Unity Colleges, she said it was a highly competitive examination which is administered every year to Nigerian children both at home and abroad who desire to gain admission into eighty (80) Federal Unity Colleges (FUCs) spread across all parts of the country. 

"These FUCs continue to strengthen our unity as a country with the motto "Pro Unitate". 3. This year's edition of the examination was written on Saturday 14th June, 2025 in Nigeria, as well as Benin Republic and Togo." she added 
For the FGA examination, she said, 3,421 candidates registered for the examination while 3,141 candidates sat for the examination and 280 candidates were absent. 

"The highest score is 194 while the lowest is 1." she said. 

The Minister insisted that the admission criteria for selection of qualified candidates into Federal Unity Colleges remain the same, saying "these are: i. 60% Merit; !! 30% Equality of State; ii. 10% Exigency. 
"Now that the results have been released, the Senior Secondary Education Department should ensure that all admission processes are concluded timely and in line with the above criteria. 

"As you are all aware, it is a common knowledge that our Federal Unity Colleges have become the first port of call for most parents in the country. 

"I want to assure all Nigerian parents that government will continue to do her best to improve on infrastructural development, feeding and teacher quality for effective teaching and learning in our Colleges." she said

At the brief event, the Registrar and Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, formerly presented the results to the Minister of State for Education. 

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