Lagos, Nigeria – Na wah! WAEC don enter serious wahala as dem check 2025 WASSCE result and discover say something no correct. For press briefing wey happen for WAEC national office for Yaba, Lagos, Dr. Amos Dangut, wey be the head of WAEC Nigeria, don confess say dem make serious grading error wey don scatter students’ performance stats.
Last Friday, for the wey dem dey try clear wetin happen, Dangut talk say dem apologize as dem sabi say people wey suppose pass wan cry. Wetin be the wahala? Dem find out say dem use wrong keys for the marking of some serialised papers, especially for English Language Objective Test (Paper 3). E be like say dem don carry wrong serial code file enter am, and na wetin cause the shake-up.
“With deep sorrow and regret, we dey sorry for the discrepancies, this one dey embarrassing,” Dangut talk from him heart. Na so wahala don dey full ground because the students, parents, and everybody wey sabi the koko dey vex.
But abeg, ladies and gents, no be all the candidates dey get wahala. E still dey important to note say those wey use computer-based exam mode no dey affected. This matter still touch dem as the council don report say 1,794,821 candidates (91.14 percent) carry five credits, including English and Mathematics. But o, dis number still show say performance drop from last year wey be 72.12 percent.
Make we break am down: Last year, na only 1,239,884 candidates (62.96 percent) collect five credits, include English and Mathematics. This new adjustment come make dem see increase from the previously reported 38.32 percent – so we dey see some progress small small, but no be everything dey shine.
For the back of all dis drama, WAEC also don handle 12,178 special needs candidates wey include dem wey no fit see, hear or dem get physical challenges. Dem don sort their results too, sabi say everybody suppose smile small.
“We go still they work on our pending subjects as we don process 1,763,470 candidates (89.55 percent) result.” But 205,916 candidates still dey drag ground with pending results because of technical issues. Omo, no be small wahala wey dey gree dem shine.
Meanwhile, we don hear say 191,053 candidates (9.7 percent) results still dey withhold. This one mean say dem fit get wahala with examination malpractice, but e be like say e no dey plenty pass before. WAEC dey work to make sure say dem fit punish any cheating wey dey waka for the system; them no wan let bad belle spoil show for education.
WAEC don chop grassroots support from federal government and education bodies as dem dey find solution. Dem urge candidates to check their results through the official portal dey talk say digital certificates go dey ready within 48 hours after verification. But abeg, if your state government owe WAEC money, e mean say your own result no go show until dem settle the bills.
“This na serious time for we at WAEC, and we dey do everything possible to ensure say dis kind embarrassment no go repeat again,” Dangut talk, as him dey implore the authorities to help meet their end of the bargain.
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