WAEC Releases 2025 WASSCE Results

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The West African Examinations Council has released the results for the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for school candidates.

This was announced in a statement issued via X on Monday, the examination body confirmed that candidates who wrote the exam can now access their results online.

“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.

Candidates are also tasked to visit the Council’s result portal to check their performance.

“To access the result, log on to http://waecdirect.org,” the statement added.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Nigeria National Office of WAEC, Dr Amos Dangut,  during a press briefing held at the Council’s national headquarters in Yaba, Lagos, on Monday, stated that the overall conduct of the examination was a “huge success” irrespective of the logistical and operational challenges.

WAEC stated that 38.32 per cent of candidates got credits and above in five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.

According to the data, a total of 1,969,313 candidates wrote the examination across 23,554 schools, out of which 754,545 candidates got a minimum of five credits including English and Mathematics which is a sharp 33.8 per cent drop from the 72.12 per cent recorded in 2024.

Dangut stated that the decline in performance was because of the Council’s new strategy of serialising objective test papers in major subjects like Mathematics, English, Biology, and Economics.

“This approach drastically reduced the incidence of collusion and made examination malpractice more difficult.

“We observed a dip in the performance of objective papers, but essay papers remained consistent with previous years. It’s a strong signal that candidates must rely on their own preparation,” he said.

The examination was conducted between April 24 and June 20, 2025, with coordination and marking done from July 3 to 21.

WAEC made use of a real-time digital scoring system in the marking phase to ensure faster and more accurate result processing.

Out of the total candidates, 1,517,517 (77.06 per cent) had their results fully released and 451,796 (22.94 per cent) had some subjects which are still being processed because of some technical issues, which Dangut assured would be resolved in a few days.

On the issue of examination malpractice, 192,089 results which represents 9.75 per cent of total candidates are being withheld for various offenses, including the use of banned mobile phones and this is a slight improvement from the 11.92 per cent withheld in 2024.

WAEC cautioned rogue website operators and some compromised supervisors to refrain from aiding examination fraud.

“These unscrupulous elements have become a thorn in the Council’s flesh. “Some even use our name to distribute fake messages. We’ve apprehended some of them, and appropriate sanctions will be applied,” Dangut said.

He also stated that states owing the Council would not have custody of the results of their sponsored candidates until they settle their debts.

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