The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released a reviewed vision of the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) .
According to WAEC, the review revealed that 1,239,884 candidates representing 62.9% of the 1,969,313 students who sat for the exam have now obtained credit passes in at least five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
This marks a high rise from the initial 38.32% (754,545 candidates) previously reported.
WAEC explained that the change resulted from the correction of errors found in the marking of serialized objective questions, which had affected the original results.
Earlier on published results showed that , only 38.32% of candidates were said to have attained credit-level passes in both English and Maths, a requirement for university admission in Nigeria.
The initial mass failure drew criticism from stakeholders and the general public, many of whom pointed to logistics failures during the exams. Some candidates reportedly sat for the English Language paper late at night, under poor conditions.
A distraught parent, Adegoke Bimpe Atoke, cautions on the Concerned Parents and Educators Network (CPE) platform that:
“Our systems need drastic, strategic, urgent reforms.”
Recall that the initial release sparked calls from parents and advocacy groups for the cancellation of the English Language paper and a formal investigation into the examination process.
