Lady Passes WAEC on Third Attempt After English Failed Her Twice, Posts Full 2026 WASSCE Result
- Umukoro Deborah Efe-Zino finished secondary school in 2024 but struggled to clear her WAEC results due to English Language
- She registered for the WASSCE multiple times across different schools, facing repeated heartbreak before attempting the exam a third time
- Her 2026 WASSCE result slip from Tio College Itamaga Ikorodu went viral on TikTok, drawing emotional reactions from others who shared similar struggles
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Umukoro Deborah Efe-Zino, a Nigerian secondary school leaver, has finally cleared her West African Senior School Certificate Examination after three attempts spanning two years.
She shared her 2026 WASSCE result and the emotional journey behind it on TikTok in August 2026.
Source: TikTok
Deborah, who goes by @debbie.debz4 on TikTok, completed secondary school in 2024 and sat both WAEC and JAMB that same year.
While she passed JAMB, her WAEC result fell short because of English Language, the one subject standing between her and moving forward.
Lady passes English after third WASSCE attempt
Rather than accept the outcome, she registered for the WASSCE a second time, studied with renewed focus, and waited. The result was the same.
She wrote openly about crying, questioning God, and struggling to make sense of the repeated setbacks, particularly the added burden of registering at different schools each time she sat the exam.
She gathered herself and attempted the examination a third time in 2026, this time at Tio College Itamaga Ikorodu.
The result slip she posted tells a different story: Deborah scored A1 in Marketing, Government, and Civic Education, B3 in Christian Religious Studies, Economics, Literature in English, English Language, and General Mathematics, and C5 in Yoruba — a clean pass across all nine subjects.
Deborah wrote:
"Delays are not denials. If you keep going, your testimony will come."
In a chat with Legit.ng, Deborah shared her experience when she failed English twice in her previous WASSCE.
Her words:
"It was truly a tough and emotional journey for me. After failing English in WAEC in my previous attempts, I didn’t write NECO or GCE during those years. I kept believing that I would eventually pass WAEC, so I continued to give it another chance.
"When I wrote WAEC again, I was extremely confident that I would finally make it. I studied, prepared myself, and genuinely believed that this was going to be my breakthrough. Unfortunately, when the results came out, I failed again. It was heartbreaking because I had already convinced myself that this time would be different. I couldn’t understand why, despite all my efforts, I was still facing the same disappointment.
"But looking back now, I realize that God had a plan for me. What I saw as repeated failure was actually part of a journey that was preparing me for something greater."
See the TikTok post and result slip that moved many to share their own stories:
Nigerians react to Deborah's 2026 WASSCE results
The post drew an outpouring of responses from viewers who saw their own struggles reflected in her journey.
𝙁𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙝 said:
"Omo I was once a victim of waec 2024 oo my physics got cancelled Gce that I use to do backup my result was held and eventually all subjects got cancelled I cry no be small I tried again in 2025 I Aced both waec and neco and I got admission to study nursing Who pass waec once no know wetin God do for them"
Pennylee said:
"Congratulations dear. U really deserve the results"
S said:
"Congratulations 🎉 gal 🥰 Im waiting for my own too ,I pray I made it cuz I really want this one."
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