The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has warned colleges, candidates, and most of the people to disregard false messages circulating on-line claiming that particular colleges’ outcomes have been canceled.
This follows rising anxiousness after the discharge of the 2025 WASSCE outcomes, which noticed recorded a low cross price and the withholding of over 190,000 outcomes on account of alleged malpractice.
In a submit shared by way of its verified X account on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, WAEC acknowledged that it has not issued any such discover.
“Kindly ignore any message itemizing colleges whose outcomes have been supposedly cancelled. In the meantime, WAEC won’t ever ask any centre to carry scripts of candidates to the workplace. The place would they get them from?”
The Council additionally urged the general public to ignore any unofficial updates not coming from its recognised platforms.
In line with studies, the viral letter dated August 4, 2025, and titled “Pressing discover to the next secondary colleges concerning withheld outcomes,” named particular establishments.
The letter claimed that the outcomes of scholars from the listed colleges have been withheld on account of malpractice and instructed principals of the talked about establishments to report back to WAEC’s Lagos Zonal Workplace inside 10 working days.
Nairametrics reported that 192,089 candidates’ outcomes representing 9.75% of whole candidates have been withheld over allegations of malpractice, together with using cell phones and proof of organised dishonest in examination halls.
Solely 38.32% of the 1,969,313 candidates who sat for the 2025 West African Senior School Certificates Examination (WASSCE) obtained credit in 5 topics together with English Language and Arithmetic.
“Out of the entire variety of candidates who took the 2025 WASSCE, 754,545 candidates, representing 38.32%, obtained credit and above in a minimal of 5 topics, together with English Language and Arithmetic.”
The low cross price, particularly in English Language, triggered widespread frustration amongst college students, dad and mom, and educators, with complaints about the way in which the English examination was carried out
Through the English Language Paper 2 examination, WAEC postponed the scheduled Could 28, 2025, sitting throughout many states together with Lagos, Osun, Ogun, Oyo, Delta, and Taraba on account of a reported leak of the examination query paper.
The delay pushed exams from their scheduled morning slot to as late at night time, forcing college students to write down by torchlight and lanterns in pitch-dark school rooms
WAEC admitted the alternative of papers was needed however acknowledged the chaotic fallout citing logistical constraints, safety considerations, and socio‑cultural elements as further contributors to the breakdown in examination administration
