Kano State has emerged because the main state in the 2026 Senior School Certificate Examination performed by the National Examinations Council (NECO), with 74,413 candidates securing at the least 5 credit, together with English Language and Mathematics.
This was contained in an announcement issued on Saturday by Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, Director-General, Media and Publicity, Kano State Government.
The state authorities mentioned Lagos got here second with 72,496 candidates, whereas Oyo ranked third with 55,543.
The newest outcome means Kano has retained the highest place for the second consecutive yr after recording the very best variety of candidates assembly the five-credit benchmark in the 2025 NECO examination.
Reacting to the event, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf recommended the scholars, lecturers, dad and mom and different stakeholders for the efficiency.
“The back-to-back performance is an indication that the state’s sustained investment in education is producing measurable results,” Governor Yusuf mentioned.
The governor mentioned his administration would maintain its funding in training by means of improved studying amenities, recruitment and coaching of lecturers, scholarships and assist for indigent college students.
Bature mentioned the state authorities spent greater than N4.4 billion in 2026 to sponsor candidates for the Senior School Certificate Examination, significantly indigent college students.
According to him, the intervention was designed to take away monetary boundaries and allow college students to take part in the examinations underneath higher circumstances.
Governor Yusuf mentioned the newest NECO efficiency was a part of the development recorded by Kano college students underneath his administration.
He devoted the achievement to college students, lecturers, dad and mom and the folks of Kano State, saying the federal government would proceed working in direction of an training system that equips younger folks with the data and expertise required for greater training, employment, innovation and management.
