{"id":173243,"date":"2025-08-10T09:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T08:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2025-wassce-stakeholders-blast-waec"},"modified":"2025-08-10T09:19:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T08:19:00","slug":"2025-wassce-stakeholders-blast-waec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2025-wassce-stakeholders-blast-waec","title":{"rendered":"2025 WASSCE: Stakeholders blast WAEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Stakeholders in the education sector have, again, criticised the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) over the sudden change of the recently released 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results.<\/p>\n<p>The stakeholders, who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, are demanding independent investigations into the matter and overhaul of the council\u2019s management team.<\/p>\n<p>They contended that subjecting WASSCE, a standardised evaluation for secondary school leavers and basic requirement for tertiary institution admissions, to \u201ctrial and error\u201d is unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>According to them, inconsistencies in such high-stakes examinations could damage the credibility of Nigeria\u2019s academic qualifications, both locally and internationally.<\/p>\n<p>It would be recalled that WAEC, on July 4, released the 2025 WASSCE results and announced that only 38.32 per cent of its 1,969,313 candidates secured credits in five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.<\/p>\n<p>The mass failure had attracted strong criticism, with parents and some groups calling for the cancellation of some of the papers, especially English Language and Mathematics.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, WAEC said it discovered technical glitches during an internal review and temporarily withdrew access to the results.<\/p>\n<p>After reopening its online results portal on Friday, Aug. 10, the pass rate was revised upward to 62.96 per cent, effectively doubling the initial figure.<\/p>\n<p>At a news conference in Lagos, WAEC said, after reviewing the process, the new statistics indicated that a total of 1,239,884 of the 1,969,313 candidates, representing 62.96 per cent, now have five credits including English and Mathematics.<\/p>\n<p>The Council linked the initial discrepancies to \u201cserialisation issues\u201d in subjects such as Mathematics, English, Biology, and Economics.<\/p>\n<p>The development, however, sparked reactions from stakeholders, including candidates, parents, and teachers.<\/p>\n<p>The Founder, Exam Ethics Marshall International (EEMI), Ike Onyechere, questioned the council\u2019s credibility and the integrity of Nigeria\u2019s education assessment system.<\/p>\n<p>Onyechere described the development as \u201ca national disaster,\u201d accusing WAEC of \u201cbastardising the entire education process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou cannot make such a serious examination a subject of trial and error. Today the pass rate is 38 per cent, tomorrow it becomes 63 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow are we supposed to trust the authenticity of these results?\u201d he queried.<\/p>\n<p>Onyechere called on the Federal Ministry of Education, the Presidency, and the National Assembly to launch an urgent investigation into the matter, insisting that those at the helm of affairs in WAEC should be reshuffled.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Stakeholders in the education sector have, again, criticised the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) over the sudden change of the recently released 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results. 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