The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced that “technical issues” were discovered in the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) results.
Amos Josiah Dangut, head of WAEC’s Nigeria office, had announced the release of the 2025 results on Monday.
However, in a statement issued on Thursday, Moyosola Adesina, the acting head of public affairs at WAEC, said the errors were uncovered during an internal post-release audit.
Adesina confirmed that access to the result-checking portal has now been suspended following the discovery.
“The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) sincerely regrets to inform the general public of technical issues discovered during the internal review of the recently released results of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates, (SC) 2025,” the statement reads.
“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.”
Adesina added that the council is working swiftly to address the issue and restore result access fairly and credibly.
“As a result, access to the WASSCE (SC) 2025 results has been temporarily denied on the result checker portal,” she said.
“We extend our deep and sincere apologies to all affected candidates and the general public. We appreciate their patience and understanding as we work diligently to resolve this matter with transparency and urgency within the next twenty-four (24) hours.
“On this note, candidates who have previously checked their results are advised to re-check after 24 hours from now.”