WAEC: Nigerian Students Reject English Language Result
- Nigerian students have reacted fiercely following the release of the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination results
- The West African Examinations Council announced that only 38.32% of candidates passed at the credit level in five subjects, including English and Mathematics
- Thousands of candidates shared their experiences online, with many alleging unfair grading in the English Language exam
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Following the release of the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination results, candidates have expressed their grief over the grades, especially regarding the mass failure of the English Language.
Source: Twitter
Legit.ng gathered that the West African Examinations Council, in a statement on Monday, August 4, announced that only 38.32% of candidates who sat for the May/June 2025 examinations passed at the credit level in five subjects, including English and Mathematics.
WAEC blamed the students' poor performance on factors such as inadequate student preparation, examination malpractice, and technical glitches.
Meanwhile, thousands of candidates have shared their experiences online, with many rejecting the result and alleging unfair grading.
Students' reaction on social media
Legit.ng gathered some students' statements on X.com, narrating their ordeal:
@Xeno1113_
"I cleared all my subjects in WAEC but failed English, then what's the use??, I and Many other students in jos, North Plateau State failed the English language badly with not less than D7, the result is practically useless. We demand that WAEC recheck our English language, please!!"
@official_niffy1
"Please at @waecnigeria Help us to do something about this thing, I wasn't expecting to fail English language, even the CRS--W*T*F is that, 90% of my classmates had F9 failed CRS, and The English language is reportedly a mass failure, nevertheless, I can't believe this English lang."
@thelast_mf
"Justice for my English grade.I’m not here to insult the waec body but to protest on the wrong they did to me. I studied hard for my exams both my jamb which i had 280 and waec i have no neco i only wrote waec and now this English is going to stop me from entering school this year."
@AniekeE78259
"@waecnigeria please do well to also release our held results alongside reviewing it, we didn't do anything wrong for our results to be held. I sat for UTME this year, and eagerly waiting to upload it when my results are out, only for me to check and it was held."
Source: Twitter
Parents make powerful demands
Parents and groups across the country have voiced intense reactions following the widespread failure of candidates in this year's West Africa Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations, demanding the cancellation of specific exam papers, particularly the English Language paper.
The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) slammed the decision to hold exams at night, stating that it was unacceptable and negatively impacted student performance.
Members of the Concerned Parents and Educators Network (CPE) demanded that the English Language paper be cancelled and called for an investigation into why some students took the exam at night.
Source: Legit.ng
