‘Why 2025 WASSCE Results Are Poor’: Parents, Teachers Speak Out
- Reactions have continued to trailed the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results
- Parents, teachers, higher institutions’ students body and other concerned persons have explained the reason for the poor performance
- Legit.ng reports that the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) released the 2025 WASSCE results on August 4, 2025
Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering basic and tertiary education in Nigeria and worldwide
Parents, teachers, higher institutions’ students body and other concerned persons have reacted to the poor performance of students in the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)
Legit.ng recalls that the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) released the results for school candidates on Monday, August 5, 2025.
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They blamed the poor performance of students in the recently released 2025 WASSCE results on system failure.
Why 2025 WASSCE results are poor?
As reported by Vanguard, Parents, teachers and other concerned persons reacted to the poor results.
Writng WAEC with candlelight, torchlight
A concerned parent from Imo State, Oluchi Kalu, said students wrote the exams under difficult conditions.
“Some had to rely on candles and torchlights due to power outages. Yet, it appears no concessions were made during marking, despite these challenges.
“You cannot keep students waiting late into the night to sit for exams and then mark their scripts without considering the circumstances."
It’s system failure
The Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Lagos State, Comrade Akintoye Hassan, attributed the poor performance to system failure.
Hassan mentioned writing examination with torchlight, change of exams time without notice etc
“The Council said it discovered that the paper leaked, and instead of cancelling it, went ahead to let students write it at odd hours.
“The students, who had conditioned their minds to write the paper in the morning, were delayed till evening and even night in some cases."
Tech hitches like UTME
The NANS spokesperson, Comrade Adeyemi Ajasa, some papers, especially English was written terrible condition.
Ajasa said the conduct of the exam in some instances left much to be desired.
Citing the English paper, he said candidates were drained emotionally and were tired.
“But a lot of other factors also contributed. The technical hitches in the exam were what some candidates also experienced during the UTME.”
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Quality teachers
The National President of the National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria, (NAPTAN), Alhaji Haruna Danjuma, said combination of factors was responsible for the poor performance of studnets in the 2025 WASSCE.
Danjuma said one factor is that the level of examination malpractice has gone down.
“Do we have the teachers that can deliver what is needed in the required number?
“Many states have refused to engage new teachers to fill vacancies. Also, some parents cannot afford to buy the necessary textbooks for the wards and children.
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WAEC records worst performance in 5 years
In a similar story, Legit.ng reported that the results of the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) has been compared with previous years
Report shows the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) recorded the worst performance with the 2025 WASSCE in 5 years
According to WAEC, 38.32 per cent obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics
Source: Legit.ng
