The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has directed all candidates who sat for this year’s school-based Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) to check their results afresh on its portal from next 24 hours.
The organisation gave this notice on Thursday in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Mrs. Moyosola Adesina.
WAEC Nigeria, on Monday, announced the release of the results with only 38.32 per cent of the total 1,969,313 candidates, who sat the examination, obtained credits and above in at least five mandatory subjects, including English Language and Mathematics – a sharp decline of 33.8% from the last year performance in the same exam which was 72.12%.
This outcome has been generating controversy across the country, with many blaming several factors, including systemic failure by WAEC, for the poor performance.
However, WAEC in its fresh release also asked candidates who might have checked their results before now to re-check the same on the portal for the authenticity of their results, citing technical clichés detected during internal review of the released results for the reason.
“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.
“As part of our efforts to curb examination malpractice, the Council embarked on an innovation (paper serialisation) already deployed by a national examination body.
“It is also worth noting that this is in line with best practices in assessment.
“The paper serialisation was carried out in Mathematics, English Language, Biology and Economics.
“However, an internal post result release procedure revealed some technical bugs in the results.
“The Council, being a responsive body that is sensitive to fairness and professionalism, has decided to urgently review and correct the technical glitches that led to the situation, as a result, access to the WASSCE (SC) 2025 results has been temporarily denied on the result checker portal.
“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 with transparency and urgency within the next 24 hours.
“On this note, candidates who have previously checked their results are advised to re-check after 24 hours from now.
“WAEC remains committed to upholding excellence, fairness and transparency in all our assessment processes.
“Thank you for always counting on our integrity and reposing confidence in us to render quality service to the Nigerian child.”