The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the temporary withdrawal of the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results for school candidates due to the discovery of technical issues in the result release process.
The Council made this known in a statement issued by the Acting Head of Public Affairs, Moyosola Adesina, today, Thursday, August 7, 2025.
According to the statement, the decision followed an internal review which revealed glitches resulting from a recently adopted paper serialization system aimed at curbing examination malpractice.
“As part of our efforts to curb examination malpractice, the Council embarked on an innovation already deployed by a national examination body. The paper serialization 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 statement said.
WAEC noted that it had temporarily disabled access to the WASSCE (SC) 2025 results on the result checker portal in order to urgently rectify the identified errors. The Council described the move as a measure taken in line with its commitment to fairness, professionalism and best practices in assessment.
“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 twenty four hours,” WAEC said.
Candidates who have previously checked their results have been advised to re-check them after twenty four hours from the time of the announcement.
The Council reaffirmed its commitment to upholding excellence, fairness and transparency in all its assessment processes, urging the public to continue to repose confidence in its integrity and service to the Nigerian child.
The Frontier reports that many candidates, parents and other stakeholders have taken a swipe on the examination body and even called for outright cancellation of the results released earlier in the week with massive failures especially in English Language paper.
