The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Nigeria recorded 42.17 per cent pass in the results of the Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) For Private Candidates, 2025-Second Series, released yesterday.
The results indicated that 27,727 candidates, representing 42.17 per cent obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
A total of 65,752 candidates comprising 32,005 males; 33,747 females, representing 48.68 per cent and 51.32 percent respectively sat the examination, which sat for the examination, which took place across the country between Tuesday, November 11 and Wednesday, December 17, 2025.
The release of the results was announced yesterday in a statement issued by the Public Affairs Department, and signed by Acting Head, Public Affairs, Mrs Moyosola Adesina, for the Head of National Office (HNO), Dr Amos Josiah Dangut.
Out of the total number of candidates that sat the examination, 61,943 candidates, representing 94.21 per cent had their results fully processed and released, while 3,809 candidates, representing 5.79 per cent had a few of their subjects still being processed due to some errors traceable to them.
However, the examination body said efforts were being made to speedily complete the processing to enable all the affected candidates to get their results fully processed and released, subsequently.
Likewise, the statement further noted that the results of a total of 1,899 candidates, representing 2.89 per cent of the total number of candidates that sat for the examination, were being withheld in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice.
“The cases are being investigated and reports of the investigations will be presented to the appropriate Committee of the Council for determination. The Committee’s decisions will be communicated directly to the affected candidates, thereafter,” the statement said.
In the analysis of the statistics of the candidates’ performance, WAEC said out of the total of 65,752 candidates that sat for the examination, 33,989 candidates, representing 51.69 per cent obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects with or without English Language and/or Mathematics.
WAEC explained that this analysis could not however be compared with that of WASSCE for School Candidates, as the population for this examination consists of candidates who are outside the school system.
It noted that the percentage of candidates in this category in the WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2023 and 2024-Second Series, that is, those who obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, were 44.29 per cent and 53.64 per cent, respectively, saying there was a marginal decrease of 11.47 per cent in performance in this regard.
Therefore, the statement urged candidates to check their results by visiting www.waecdirect.org to ascertain their status before visiting the Digital Certificate platform (www.waec.org) to access the digital copies of their certificates, which have been released along with the results.
Candidates will be required to apply for the printing of the hard copies of their certificates online, through the WAEC Certificate Request Portal (e-Certman).
“All candidates, who sat the diet, are hereby advised to check their results carefully and take necessary actions as required,” it added.
