The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has suspended access to the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results following widespread complaints of mass failure in key subjects, including Mathematics, English Language, Biology, and Economics.
In a statement released Thursday, WAEC confirmed that an internal review uncovered technical anomalies caused by a malfunction in its result collation system — specifically tied to a new anti-malpractice feature known as paper serialisation.
“WAEC sincerely regrets to inform the general public of technical issues discovered during the internal review of the recently released results,” the statement from WAEC’s Public Affairs Department read.
The Council explained that paper serialisation, introduced in 2025 to combat exam malpractice, involves randomising the sequence of questions across candidates’ scripts. But the feature, WAEC admitted, introduced technical bugs that affected the collation and presentation of results.
“As part of our efforts to curb examination malpractice, the Council embarked on an innovation (paper serialisation) already deployed by a national examination body,” the statement added.
“However, an internal post-result release procedure revealed some technical bugs in the results.”
As a result, WAEC has temporarily disabled the result-checking portal and advised candidates to check back after 24 hours.
“Access to the WASSCE (SC) 2025 results has been temporarily denied on the result checker portal,” the Council said.
The announcement has triggered concern among students, parents, and school authorities, especially as WASSCE results are vital for tertiary education admissions across Nigeria and West Africa.
WAEC apologized to affected candidates and the public, assuring them of full transparency and urgent corrective measures.
“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 within the next twenty-four (24) hours.”
