West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has revised the 2025 WASSCE results, confirming that 62.96 percent of candidates earned at least five credits including English Language and Mathematics—far higher than the controversial figure initially released.
The council had earlier announced that only 38.32 percent of candidates met the minimum benchmark, triggering a wave of outrage across schools, parents’ groups, and education stakeholders nationwide.
But in a dramatic turn, WAEC’s Head of National Office, Dr Amos Dangut, told journalists in Lagos on Friday that the earlier result was based on “incomplete collation and system errors,” which have now been corrected after a comprehensive review.
“The corrected statistics now show that 62.96 percent of the candidates who sat for the exam obtained credits and above in five subjects including English and Mathematics,” Dr Dangut said.
The revised figure brings relief to thousands of candidates and families who had expressed shock at the initial outcome, with many fearing a national education setback and questioning WAEC’s credibility.
The council did not provide a detailed breakdown of the error or how the revised computation affected individual candidates, but Dr Dangut assured that candidates would now see the updated results on the official WAEC portal.
The 2025 WASSCE had a total of over 1.6 million candidates registered across Nigeria. The initial result, released on Monday, had raised alarms about mass failure and reignited debates over the quality of secondary education in the country.
Friday’s revision not only changes the narrative but also restores confidence in the examination body’s integrity, even as calls grow for better transparency in future result processing.
WAEC says further details will be published on its verified platforms.
