The results of the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for school applicants have been formally released by the West African Examinations Council.
The testing body stated that test takers can now view their results online in a statement released via X on Monday, August 4, 2025.
The results of the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2025 have been formally issued today, Monday, August 4, 2025, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) said.
It is recommended that candidates examine their performance on the Council’s outcome portal.
The message further said, “Log on to http://waecdirect.org to access the result.”
At a news conference on Monday at the Council’s national offices in Yaba, Lagos, Dr. Amos Dangut, Head of the Nigeria National Office of WAEC, called the examination’s overall conduct a “huge success” in spite of logistical and operational difficulties.
According to WAEC, 38.32% of applicants received credits or more in five disciplines, including math and English language.
The exam was administered from April 24 to June 20, 2025, with July 3–21 serving as the coordination and marking period.
During the marking phase, WAEC implemented a real-time digital scoring system to guarantee quicker and more precise result processing.
While 1,517,517 (77.06%) of the total applicants had their results fully disclosed, 451,796 (22.94%) still had some subjects pending processing because of technological difficulties, which Dangut promised would be fixed within a few days.
192,089 results, or 9.75% of all applicants, are being withheld due to examination malpractice for a variety of infractions, such as collusion and using prohibited cell phones. Compared to the 11.92 percent withheld in 2024, this represents a minor improvement.
WAEC issued a warning to some compromised supervisors and owners of illegal websites to stop supporting examination fraud.
These dishonest people have turned into a pain in the Council’s side. Some even spread phony messages using our name. Some of them have been captured, and the proper penalties will be implemented,” Dangut stated.
Additionally, he said that until their debts are paid off, states that owe the Council would not be able to view the outcomes of the candidates they had sponsored.
12,178 candidates with special needs registered for the test, according to WAEC.
Of these, 112 had vision impairments, 615 had hearing impairments, 52 had mental or spastic disorders, and 37 had physical disabilities. Adequate support was given to everyone.
The gender distribution was as follows: 992,526 were female (50.40 percent) and 976,787 were male (49.60 percent). Females fared marginally better than males among the applicants who earned five credits, including English and math: 53.99 percent (407,353) of the successful candidates were female, compared to 46.01 percent (347,192) who were male.
WAEC’s shift to computer-based testing began with the 2025 WASSCE for school applicants. Candidates could select between a CBT version and the conventional paper-and-pencil format.
Dangut stated, “This year’s exam positioned us as a leading examining body to have done an achievement test using a computer-based format.”
In line with the current CB-WASSCE for private applicants Second Series, he disclosed that WAEC was planning to completely digitize the exam process for school candidates by 2026.
