JUST-IN: More Candidates Earn 5 Credits As WAEC Releases Reviewed 2025 WASSCE Results

After wide consultations, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has reviewed the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results.

The regional exam body, having apologised for technical infractions in the marking of exam scripts, on Friday, announced an increase in the number of candidates who secured a minimum of five credits in subjects including English Language and Mathematics.

The Head of Nigeria’s Office (HNO) of WAEC, Amos Josiah Dangut, made this known during a media briefing at the examination body’s headquarters in Lagos.

Dangut identified the error in the previous results of 754,545 candidates, representing 38.32 per cent of candidates, who obtained credits and above in a minimum of five (5) subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.

He added that the reviewed results showed that 1,239,884 representing 62.9 per cent of the candidates obtained Credits and above in at least five subjects.

The HNO, who expressed that WAEC felt sorry for the previous error, which was caused by the mistakes from the team of service providers that marked the Objective part of the English Language examination.

He noted that the regional exam body was deeply sorry for the errors, urging candidates to check the fresh results 48 hours later.