The Kwara State Government on Monday released the results of the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination, showing significant improvement in core subjects and a rise in enrolment, particularly among female students.

Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Lawal Olohungbebe, said in a statement in Ilorin that the results reflect the investments of the AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq administration in the state’s education sector.

According to him, enrolment for the BECE rose by 27 per cent between 2019 and 2025, increasing from 45,761 candidates to 57,787. The female participation rate also inched up from 47.89 per cent to 48.33 per cent within the same period.

“Between 2019 and 2025, the BECE has experienced sustained growth and gradual gains in equity,” the commissioner said. “In 2025 alone, enrolment grew from 56,508 in 2024 to 57,787, while attendance improved in most subjects.”

He disclosed that the pass rates improved in several core subjects like
Mathematics with a +2.23 percentage points, English with +2.94 pp, National Values with +4.51 pp, History with +3.72 pp, and Pre-Vocational Studies with +3.33 pp.

Olohungbebe added that the average scores in English, Mathematics, National Values, and Pre-Vocational Studies also moved up, showing that the improvement was not just at the pass threshold but across general performance levels.

“These results show that more candidates are sitting for the examination and a larger share is achieving success.

“The system is trending in the right direction,” he said.

The commissioner urged principals, parents, and guardians to collect students’ results from the Ministry of Education beginning Thursday, September 11, 2025, free of charge.

He warned school principals not to extort students under any guise, stressing that “collection of results and scratch cards for checking are entirely free.”