The West African Examinations Council has announced the official release of the results for the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for school candidates.
In a statement issued via X on MondayAugust 42025the examination body confirmed that candidates who sat for the exam can now access their results online.
“The West African Examinations Council is pleased to inform candidates who sat WASSCE for School Candidates2025 that the result has officially been released todayMondayAugust 42025,” WAEC stated.
Candidates are advised to visit the Council’s result portal to check their performance.
“To access the resultlog on to http://waecdirect.org,” the statement added.
Meanwhilethe Head of the Nigeria National Office of WAECDr Amos Dangut, at a press briefing held at the Council’s national headquarters in YabaLagoson Mondaydescribed the overall conduct of the examination as a “huge success” despite logistical and operational challenges.
WAEC noted that 38.32 per cent of candidates obtained credits and above in five subjectsincluding English Language and Mathematics.
A total of 1,969,313 candidates sat the examination across 23,554 schoolsout of which 754,545 candidates obtained a minimum of five credits including English and Mathematics — a sharp 33.8 per cent drop from the 72.12 per cent recorded in 2024.
Dangut attributed the decline in performance largely to the Council’s new strategy of serialising objective test papers in core subjects like MathematicsEnglishBiologyand Economics.
“This approach drastically reduced the incidence of collusion and made examination malpractice more difficult.
“We observed a dip in the performance of objective papersbut 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 held between April 24 and June 202025with coordination and marking carried out from July 3 to 21.
WAEC deployed a real-time digital scoring system during the marking phase to ensure faster and more accurate result processing.
Of the total candidates1,517,517 (77.06 per cent) had their results fully releasedwhile 451,796 (22.94 per cent) had some subjects still being processed due to technical issueswhich Dangut assured would be resolved in a few days.
On examination malpractice192,089 resultsrepresenting 9.75 per cent of total candidatesare being withheld for various offensesincluding the use of banned mobile phones and collusion. This marks a slight improvement from the 11.92 per cent withheld in 2024.
WAEC warned rogue website operators and some compromised supervisors to desist 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 themand appropriate sanctions will be applied,” Dangut said.
He also announced that states owing the Council would not have access to the results of their sponsored candidates until their debts are settled.
WAEC noted that 12,178 candidates with special needs registered for the examination.
Among them112 were visually impaired615 had hearing challenges52 were spastic or mentally challengedand 37 had physical disabilities. All were provided with adequate support.
In terms of gender distribution976,787 were male (49.60 per cent) while 992,526 were female (50.40 per cent). Among the candidates who obtained five credits including English and Mathsfemales slightly outperformed males: 53.99 per cent(407,353) of the successful candidates were femalewhile 46.01 per cent (347,192) were male.
The 2025 WASSCE for school candidates marked the beginning of WAEC’s transition to Computer-Based Testing. Candidates were allowed to choose between the traditional paper-and-pencil format or a CBT version.
“This year’s exam placed us as a foremost examining body to have conducted an achievement test using a computer-based format,” Dangut noted.
He revealed that WAEC was preparing to fully digitise the exam process for school candidates by 2026following a similar pattern adopted in the ongoing CB-WASSCE for private candidates Second Series.
