SSCE Results: 5 Compulsory Subjects to Pass for Admission Purpose

All Details to Know About SSCE (WAEC, NECO, GCE, NABTEB, NBAIS) Results and Their Uses for Admission Purposes

You're the right page if you want to know the WAEC compulsory subjects, NECO compulsory subjects, NABTEB compulsory subjects - be it for science, art or commercial students.

To gain admission to any school in Nigeria, an aspirant must know the 5 or more subjects to pass in his or her SSCE. He needs to know what grades he must possess in the subjects in sat for those exams if he will be considered for admissions. He equally must know if his proposed course requires two sittings or just one.

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Knowing this helps you from the beginning in your chase for admission to university, polytechnic or college. You can see how dumbest students are gaining admission by knowing the right O'level grades to have while we have smartest students still struggling.

This post is meant to guide you on what to know about your O’level grades before you can apply for admission to any school.

What is SSCE Result?

First, note that SSCE and O’level results mean the same thing. O’level means ordinary level while SSCE means senior schools certificate examination. They’re often used interchangeably in contexts.

By SSCE result, it means result you possess from WAEC, NECO, NABTEB or NBAIS - either external (GCE) or internal (May/June or June/July)

These are results recognized for admissions into any schools in Nigeria. WAEC and NECO are equally acceptable at foreign schools.

Subjects to write for your Proposed Course in the University

In fact, except for proper guidance, students face this dilemma at senior secondary schools. They don’t know what subjects to write for their proposed courses in the higher institutions.

Ok. In general, students are required to prepare for 9 subjects in senior classes. They’re expected to write these subjects in their final exams.

But do you need all the 9 subjects for your proposed course? Of course, no. You don’t.

Kindly contact your school counselor for a guide on the 5 to 6 subjects you will need to pass well in order to study a proposed course in the university.

General Rules for SSCE Results Requirement for Admission

If you propose Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and other medical science or pure science course, you will need at least 5 credit passes in Mathematics, English Language, Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
If you propose Agriculture related courses you will need at least 5 credit passes in Mathematics, English Language, Biology/Agric Science, Chemistry and Physics
If you propose Engineering, Technology and computer related course, you will need at least 5 credit passes in Mathematics, English Language, Physics, Chemistry and Biology or any other science
If you propose Management and social science courses like Economics, Accounting, Business Admin, Marketing etc, you will need at least 5 credit passes in Mathematics, English Language, Economics and two other social science subjects like Account, Commerce, Geography.
If you proposed Art courses such as philosophy, Linguistics, English and other Languages, you will need at least 5 credit passes in Mathematics, English Language, Literature, Government and one other art/social science subjects like Yoruba/Igbo/Hausa, Civic Education, Economics etc.
If you proposed Education courses, you will need at least 5 credit passes in Mathematics, English Language, and three other related science, art or social science subjects.

Kindly, check JAMB brochure to see the right SSCE subject combination for your proposed course.

Note also,

Courses like Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and other medical science courses require you to produce the 5 related subjects in just one sitting.
Other courses, generally accept two sittings at maximum.

Exceptions to 5 credit Passes in one or two sittings

Some Art courses like Law, Philosophy etc and Education courses may not compulsory credit pass in Mathematics. Some schools accept at least pass (D7 or E8) in it. You must check for such schools and courses in JAMB brochure before making your choice in UTME.
The Nigerian Police Academy usually requires at least 6 credit passes in not more than two sittings for all her courses. Though this may change any time in the future. See the school’s admission advert for such an update.
Where some schools accept two sittings, they instead demand 6 credit passes at least. The University of Ibadan is one of such universities. Don’t forget your best guide in this situation is the JAMB brochure.
If you’re seeking admission into a predegree, pre-ND or pre-NCE programmes, you may be offered admission even if your O’level is not ready i.e you can use awaiting results, or you may be given admission even with one or two deficiencies. However, you still have to produce a complete result before completing of your course.
You can equally use awaiting result (AR) for your UTME application if you’re certain you’ll produce the five or six related subjects before the admission exercise of your proposed school starts.
If a school, by any means, gives a student admission without related grades in SSCE, such a student may not be awarded his certificate until he is able to provide the right result/grades. Though this is a rear case.
Some schools and for certain courses, require only one sitting in the SSCE. The University of Ibadan for Medicine and the likes consider one sitting. The school, for Law, requires five (5) O'level credit passes at one sitting or six (6) O'level credit passes at two (2) sittings to include English Language, Literature in English, any other subjects from Arts, Social Sciences or Sciences.

Schools and Courses that Accept D7, E8 or F9 for Some SSCE Subjects

As earlier mentioned, some schools/courses may accept another subject in lieu (in place) of other. Such schools, for certain courses, may accept ordinary pass (D7 or E8) in certain subjects. Some only consider you for attempting the subject even if you have F9 in it.

The links below will take you to such schools and their conditions

Combination of WAEC, NECO, NABTEB or NBAIS for Admission

Let's see how possible it is to combine any of the mentioned SSCE results.

Since literarily all universities, polytechnics and colleges accept two sittings for their courses, they do allow combined results. Therefore, your combination can take three forms:

Combining the same type of results e.g WAEC May/June of a year with WAEC May/June of another year. Also, NECO Nov/Dec. of one year with NECO Nov/Dec. of another year.
Combining the same Exam bodies but not the same type e.g. WAEC May/June of any year with WAEC Nov/Dec of any year.
Combining different exams bodies e.g WAEC May/June or WAEC GCE with NECO June/July or NECO GCE.

Note

You can't combine results for courses like Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy. Some schools don't allow the combination of results for generally all their faculty of clinical and medical sciences.
Most schools don't allow the combination of NECO, WAEC with NABTEB. i.e you may not be able to combine NECO plus NABTEB or WAEC plus NABTEB. It's important you do some findings from your proposed school to know if they do or don't allow this combinations before selecting them.

Conclusion

The game of seeking admission is simple but only for those who have the right information and use it well.

Now that you know subjects you need to study hard for in your O’level exams, you shouldn’t waste your time on irrelevant subjects. Concentrate on subjects that matter most.

Where in confusion, contact your school’s counselor or JAMB brochure (that is your best bet).