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By Favour Okanlawon
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), on Thursday, August 7, 2025, disclosed that technical issues were discovered during an internal review of the recently released WASSCE 2025 results, revealing that a post-release procedure had uncovered some bugs in the system.
According to a public statement shared on social media, the Examination Council is currently reviewing and correcting the technical glitches that led to the situation. As a result, access to the 2025 WASSCE (SC) results has been temporarily suspended on the result checker portal, with candidates who had previously checked their results advised to re-check after 24 hours.
“As part of our efforts to curb examination malpractice, the Council embarked on an innovation (paper serialization) already deployed by a national examination body. It is also worth noting that this is in line with best practices in assessment.
The paper serialization was carried out in Mathematics, English Language, Biology and Economics. However, an internal post-result release procedure revealed some technical bugs in the results,” the statement read.
The Examination Council apologized to all affected candidates and the public and promised a commitment to upholding excellence, fairness, and transparency in all our assessment processes.
This development comes amid public outrage following the release of the results, which show that only 38.32% of candidates—754,545 students—obtained credits or higher in at least five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
Similarly, in May 2025, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) acknowledged errors in the results of some candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board conducted a review following widespread complaints of unusually low scores from candidates with a history of strong academic performance.
As a result, 379,997 candidates across 157 centres in Lagos and the South-East were directed to retake their examinations.
This development comes amid public outrage following the release of the results, which show that only 38.32% of candidates—754,545 students—obtained credits or higher in at least five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
Similarly, in May 2025, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) acknowledged errors in the results of some candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board conducted a review following widespread complaints of unusually low scores from candidates with a history of strong academic performance.
As a result, 379,997 candidates across 157 centres in Lagos and the South-East were directed to retake their examinations.