The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced that it is currently reviewing the results of the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) following widespread complaints of mass failure in key subjects.
In a statement issued Thursday by WAEC’s Public Affairs Department, the Council confirmed that an internal audit revealed technical anomalies affecting subjects such as Mathematics, English Language, Biology, and Economics.
The Council attributed the irregularities to a system malfunction tied to a newly introduced anti-malpractice feature known as paper serialisation — a security measure that shuffles the arrangement of questions across different scripts.
“WAEC sincerely regrets to inform the general public of technical issues discovered during the internal review of the recently released results of the WASSCE for School Candidates (SC) 2025,” the statement read.
While the new measure was intended to curb examination malpractice and align with global best practices, it inadvertently led to errors in the collation and presentation of results.
“As part of our efforts to curb examination malpractice, the Council embarked on an innovation (paper serialisation) already deployed by a national examination body,” the statement continued. “However, an internal post-result release procedure revealed some technical bugs in the results.”
Temporary Suspension of Result Portal
WAEC said it has temporarily disabled access to the result-checking portal while it addresses the anomalies.
“As a result, access to the WASSCE (SC) 2025 results has been temporarily denied on the result checker portal,” WAEC said. “We urge candidates to check back after 24 hours.”
The Council apologized to candidates and the public, promising to correct the issues with transparency and urgency.
“We extend our deep and sincere apologies to all affected candidates and the general public. We appreciate their patience and understanding as we work diligently to resolve this matter within the next twenty-four (24) hours.”
The situation has sparked concern among students, parents, and school administrators across the country, as WASSCE results remain a crucial requirement for tertiary education admission in Nigeria and West Africa.
