The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has reported the discovery of technical issues affecting the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) results.
Gatekeepers News reports that Amos Josiah Dangut, Head of WAEC Nigeria had on Monday, announced the release of the result.
However, in a follow-up statement on Thursday, Moyosola Adesina, the Acting Head of Public Affairs at WAEC, disclosed that the issues came to light during an internal post-release review.
According to Adesina, access to the result-checking portal has been temporarily suspended after technical errors were detected.
The statement reads, “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.”
“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 Council, being a responsive body that is sensitive to fairness and professionalism, has decided to urgently review and correct the technical glitches that led to the situation, as a result, access to the WASSCE (SC) 2025 results has been temporarily denied on the result checker portal.”
“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.”
“WAEC remains committed to upholding excellence, fairness and transparency in all our assessment processes.”
“Thank you for always counting on our integrity and reposing confidence in us to render quality service to the Nigerian child.”
