WAEC 2025: Man Raises Alarm as Brilliant Science Student Who Had 5 A1s Gets D7 in Unexpected Subject

WAEC 2025: Man Raises Alarm as Brilliant Science Student Who Had 5 A1s Gets D7 in Unexpected Subject

  • A Nigerian man has expressed great concern after seeing the result of a young student who sat for the WASSCE 2024
  • In his post, the man wondered why a student who got A1s in more than half of the subjects he sat for would get a pass in English
  • He displayed a photo of the examination result which showed the student's grades in about nine subjects

A Nigerian man has shared a post on X expressing his opinion about a student's inconsistent exam grades.

The student in question had sat for this year's West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

Brilliant science student gets 5 A1s in different subjects, gets D7 in English language.
Man posts photo of Science student's WASSCE result. Photo credit: Liba Taylor/ Getty Images, Heroguy360/X. Depicted persons have no relationship with story. Photo for illustration only.
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Man displays student's WASSCE 2025 result

The student had good grades, including A1s in Marketing, Geography, Civic Education, General Mathematics, and Agricultural Science, as well as B2s in Biology and Chemistry, and a C6 in Physics.

However, the student unfortunately scored a D7 in English Language, sparking the man's concern on how that was possible.

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The man, identified by the handle @heroguy360 on X, posted a photo of the examination result, which showed the student's grades in nine subjects.

In his caption, he said:

"How can someone get A1 in more than half of the subjects but have a pass in English? This good result has been rendered useless. No wonder the mass failure in WAEC this year."
WASSCE student who bagged 5 A1s in different subjects gets D7 in English language.
Man raises concern after a science student who had 5 A1s got D7 in English language. Photo credit: NurPhoto/ Getty images. Depicted persons have no relationship with story. Photo for illustration.
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Recall, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Monday, August 4, disclosed that young Nigerians who sat the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates can now check their results.

According to an update WAEC shared on its verified X (formerly Twitter) page, the WASSCE 2025 results has officially been released today, Monday, August 4, 2025.

A total of 1,973,253 school candidates registered for the 2025 WAEC examinations. This figure includes 979,228 males and 994,025 females, according to WAEC, with the female candidates slightly outnumbering the males. 1,969,313 candidates sat the examination which was conducted in over 23,000 schools across the country.

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Amos Dangut, WAEC’s head of Nigeria office, disclosed that 1,718,090 candidates, representing 87.24 per cent of those who sat the WAEC 2025, obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects, with or without English Language and Mathematics.

See the post below:

Reactions as netizens speak about WAEC result

Netizens have been penning different comments following the release of the WASSCE 2025 results.

@Betty said:

"Which school wan accept d7 in English I’m frustrated."

@babymira said:

"Omo with everything i wrote Na to go protest this is my 2 times writing this."

@young boy fx added:

"God I never check oh make my own nor be like that oh God you dey put fear for my body."

Student who checked WAEC 2024 result cries out

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a Nigerian female student expressed pain after checking her WASSCE result to see an unexpected message.

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In a trending video, she displayed the message that she saw and wondered if it was serious or just a joke.

Source: Legit.ng

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