Following the just-released 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), the statistics revealed that out of the 1,969,313 candidates who sat for the examination, only 754,545 candidates, obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
Reports revealed that from the total of 1,973,365 candidates across Nigeria from 23,554 recognised secondary schools registered for the examination but 1,969,313 candidates eventually sat for the examination.
The Head of Nigeria National Office, WAEC, Dr Amos Dangut, disclosed this at a press briefing on Monday.
192,089 candidates’ results withheld over examination malpractice
WAEC further announced that the Council withheld the results of 192,089 candidates, representing 9.75% of the total number of candidates who sat for the WASSCE for various reported cases of examination malpractice.
Despite the existing ban and organised cheating in some schools, among others, Dangut noted that the results were withheld due to increased use of cell phones in the examination hall.
“All cases are being investigated and reports will be presented to the appropriate Committee of the Council for consideration and final decisions; Affected candidates will be communicated through their various schools; and Candidates can now call for redress of their malpractice cases if they so wish.
“The Council will continue to sanction all cases of examination malpractice. Schools, supervisors, teachers, and candidates perpetrating this evil are not helping the educational system. WAEC is calling for all hands to be on deck to sanitise the system,” he said.
Dangut added that: “WASSCE for School Candidates, 2025 results are being uploaded on the results website. Candidates should, after checking the result online, apply for their Digital certificate, which will be released forty-eight (48) hours thereafter. Candidates who have fulfilled their financial obligations to the Council can access their results on the Council’s results website: www.waecdirect.org, within the next twelve hours. Copies of the Result Listing will be sent to schools shortly.
“I need not restate the fact that the results of candidates who are sponsored by States indebted to the Council will not be released now until payment is made. We appeal to the concerned to do the needful to enable the affected schools/candidates to access their results.
“The Result Checker PIN and Serial Number required by candidates to check their results online are contained on the Candidate’s Smart Identity Card issued and used during the conduct of the examination. Hard copies of certificates of candidates whose results have been fully processed and released will be ready within the next 90 days, counting from today,” he noted.
