WAEC Told to Remark WASSCE 2025, "Abnormal Conditions"
- A strong call for WAEC to review the 2025 WASSCE results due to technical issues and a significant drop in overall performance surfaced
- Amid widespread anxiety, WAEC acknowledged the issues and reviewed the results of many students
- Foremost education nonprofit group, AEI, believed the problems are systemic, not just isolated incidents, and demanded a reassessment of the students
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Oshodi, Lagos state - Although the result portal is up again, the Academic Excellence Initiative (AEI), has asked the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to remark the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE).
AEI, in a statement made exclusively available to Legit.ng on Saturday, August 9, said the earlier released WASSCE 2025 results may not have accurately reflected students' abilities.
Source: Facebook
AEI said:
"It is deeply regrettable that the West African Examination Council (WAEC) released the English Language examination results on August 4, 2025, despite the abnormal conditions under which the exam was conducted on May 28, 2025. Students were forced to write under candlelight, torchlight, and even in darkness, causing undue trauma.
"Given the national assembly's finding of misconduct, WAEC should have rescheduled the exam instead of releasing results that may not accurately reflect students' abilities."
To rectify this situation, AEI asked WAEC to consider reassessing the examination "for fairness and accuracy".
It also urged WAEC Nigeria to provide students with the opportunity to retake the examination under better conditions.
Another alternative given by AEI is that WAEC should review and adjust grading, "to account for the challenging conditions".
AEI submitted:
"By taking these steps, WAEC can demonstrate its commitment to fairness, student welfare, and academic integrity. Failure to do so may have severe consequences and perpetuate injustices against students."
What went wrong with WASSCE 2025?
The council had said that it discovered an error in the previously released result during an internal review and temporarily suspended result access before issuing the corrected figures.
It has now advised candidates to recheck their results on its website, waecdirect.org.
WAEC apologised for the confusion and assured candidates and the public that measures are being put in place to prevent a recurrence.
Source: Twitter
Concerning trend in education in Nigeria
Legit.ng reports that WAEC joined the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in admitting that technical glitches affect candidates’ results.
JAMB faced immense public criticism earlier in 2025 after it found that glitches affected candidates’ Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) scores.
Since the WASSCE results were released, the examination body has faced criticism from the public, accusing it of toying with the future of the young students.
Success in both the WASSCE and UTME is a prerequisite for consideration for admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions.
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Nigeria to shift WAEC exam to CBT
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the federal government revealed plans to utilise both privately owned and public computer-based testing (CBT) centres across the country to conduct the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) starting in 2026.
Education minister, Tunji Alausa, disclosed this after observing a trial run of the CBT for SSCE conducted by the National Examination Council (NECO) at Sascon International School in Abuja, the Nigerian capital city.
Alausa praised NECO for executing the CBT SSCE pilot phase smoothly and announced plans to relocate future school-based SSCEs to designated CBT centres outside school premises.
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