The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has advised all candidates who participated in the 2025 school-based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to revisit its official result portal within the next 24 hours and recheck their results.
The directive was issued on Thursday in a statement signed by the Council’s spokesperson, Mrs. Moyosola Adesina, amid mounting concerns over the accuracy of the recently released results.
According to the statement, the call for a recheck follows the discovery of technical issues during a post-release internal review by the Council. These glitches affected the integrity of the results initially published on the WAEC portal.
“WAEC sincerely regrets to inform the general public of technical issues discovered during the internal review of the recently released results of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates (SC) 2025,” the statement read.
Mrs. Adesina explained that the issues arose from the introduction of a new innovation—paper serialisation—deployed in selected subjects including Mathematics, English Language, Biology, and Economics. The system, already adopted by a national examination body, was designed to curb examination malpractice by assigning unique serial numbers to exam scripts.
However, WAEC noted that the new mechanism inadvertently led to data inconsistencies in the results presented to candidates.
“An internal post-result release procedure revealed some bugs in the data,” the statement added. “While the initiative was designed to uphold integrity in assessments, it inadvertently led to errors in the published results.”
As a corrective measure, WAEC has temporarily disabled access to the WASSCE 2025 results on its portal. The Council assured the public that an urgent review and correction process is underway and that candidates will be able to access their revised scores within the next 24 hours.
WAEC also expressed regret over the situation and extended apologies to all candidates and stakeholders affected by the disruption.
“WAEC remains committed to upholding excellence, fairness, and transparency in all our assessment processes,” the Council stated. “Candidates who have previously checked their results are advised to re-check after 24 hours from now.”
This development comes on the heels of WAEC’s earlier announcement that only 38.32% of the 1,969,313 candidates who sat for the 2025 exams obtained credit passes in five core subjects, including English Language and Mathematics. The figure marks a sharp 33.8% decline from the 72.12% recorded in 2024.
The steep drop in performance sparked widespread debate across the country, with many education stakeholders attributing the outcome to student preparedness and questioning possible flaws in the Council’s assessment system.
Reiterating its commitment to professionalism, WAEC concluded its statement by thanking the public for their patience and continued trust.
“Thank you for always counting on our integrity and reposing confidence in us to render quality service to the Nigerian child,” it said.
