WAEC 2025: Result of Boy Who Said He Didn't Cheat during Exam Surfaces Online, Nigerians React

• The West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) result of a student who claimed he did not engage in malpractice throughout his exam has been shared online
• The student posted the result himself, saying he had told people that he did not 'indulge in malpractice'
• The West African Examination Council (WAEC) released the 2025 WASSCE results on Monday, August 4

A science student, known on TikTok as @him_favour, has gone public with his WAEC result after checking it.

The young boy said he had told people that he wrote the WASSCE without engaging in examination malpractice.

In his words:

"Told them I wrote WASSCE without ''indulging in malpractice'.

"They said just C's and D's...That's all."

Breakdown of boy's WAEC result

From the result he shared on TikTok, the boy had grades for all eight other subjects, except for Literature-in-English, which had an 'outstanding' label.

The student scored A1 in economics and government. He got B3 in marketing, civic education, general mathematics and biology.

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He scored a C4 in Christian Religious Studies and a C5 in English language. He lamented what was labelled in front of his Literature-in-English.

"Where's my literature?" he cried out.

Netizens came up with various explanations and implications for the 'outstanding' label in front of his Literature-in-English.

Swipe to view his result below:

Boy's WAEC result elicits reactions online

Legit.ng has compiled some reactions to the boy's WAEC result below:

W said:

"Your outstanding fit be F9 oo."

DE GENERAL 001 said:

"I got C6 in literature, I was mad cos literature is my best subject.

"Same here I wrote with my head.

"Bravo I made it."

chocolate girl 🍫 said:

"What is the meaning of outstanding pls u guys to help answer this question pls."

AFOLASHADE 🌹🤎 said:

"It means your script wasn't found."

EFCC said:

"Omor dat outstanding try report to their Gmail cus sometimes dem fit leave am for a year before e commit.

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"Commit."

💚ØBŸÎÑŃÔ❤️ said:

"Congratulations you Pass English that many failed."

Priscy 💞 said:

"Take a chill pill, WAEC will release your result if it shows outstanding. Outstanding means you were marked present but your script is missing."

In a related story, Legit.ng reported that the WAEC result of a head boy who was scared to check what he got had emerged online.

WAEC result of boy promised PS5 emerges

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the WAEC result of a young boy who was promised PS5 was shared on social media.

The boy's aunt, who posted the result online, said she was happy about her nephew's performance and disclosed what she had promised him.

The WAEC result showed that the candidate scored B3 in data processing, B3 in civic education, B3 in English language, B3 in mathematics, B3 in agricultural science, B3 in biology, B2 in chemistry and A1 in physics. However, the score for computer studies was not recorded as it was labelled "outstanding."

Proofreading by Kola Muhammed, copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng