WAEC bastardising Nigerian education process’ – Stakeholders rue 2025 WASSCE outcome

5 hours ago Musa Abdullahi

Stakeholders in the education sector are still reacting to the recent results of the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, released by the West African Examinations Council, WAEC.

SOCIETY WATCH reports that WAEC had on August 4, released the 2025 WASSCE results for school candidates.

“The West African Examinations Council is pleased to inform candidates who sat WASSCE for School Candidates, 2025 that the result has officially been released today, Monday, August 4, 2025,” WAEC stated.

SOCIETY WATCH reports that out of the 1,969,313 candidates who sat for the examination, only 754,545 candidates, representing 38.32%, obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.

Meanwhile, recalling the 2024 WASSCE, 72.12% of candidates obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, which was a 33.8% decrease in performance.

The mass failure had attracted strong criticism, with parents and some groups calling for the cancellation of some of the papers, especially English Language and Mathematics.