The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the release of the 2025 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) results for school candidates.
Amos Josiah Dangut, head of WAEC Nigeria office, announced the release of the results at a press briefing in Lagos.
The 2025 WASSCE for school candidates took place from April 24 to June 20, 2025.
Dangut said 1,973,365 candidates registered for the examination from 23,554 recognised secondary schools in the country.
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He disclosed that 12,178 candidates with varying degrees of special needs registered for the examination.
“Of the total number of one million, nine hundred and sixty-nine thousand, three hundred and thirteen (1,969,313) candidates that sat the examination, nine hundred and seventy-six thousand, seven hunrded and eighty-seven (976,787) were males while nine hundred and ninety-two thousand, five hundred and twenty-six (992,526) were females, representing 49.60% and 50.40%, respectively,” he said.
“Out of the total number of candidates that sat the examination in Nigeria, one million, five hundred and seventeen thousand, five hundred and seventeen (1,517,517) candidates, representing 77.06% have their results fully processed and released while four hundred and fifty-one thousand, seven hundred and ninety-six (451,796) candidates, representing 22.94% have one or more of their subjects still being processed due to some issues to be resolved.
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“Efforts are, however, being made to speedily complete the processes to enhance the release the affected candidates’ results within a couple of days.”
‘754,545 CANDIDATES OBTAINED FIVE CREDIT INCLUDING IN ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS’
Dangut noted that 754,545 candidates, representing 38.32%, obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
He said the 2025 results show a 33.8% decline in the number of candidates who achieved credit and above in at least five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, compared to the 2024 figures.
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“The analysis of statistics of candidates’ performance in the examination shows that out of the one million, nine hundred and sixty-nine thousand, three hundred and thirteen (1,969,313) candidates that sat the examination, one million, seven hundred and eigthteen thousand and ninety (1,718,090) candidates, representing 87.24%, obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five (5) subjects (i.e. with or without English Language and/or Mathematics),” he said.
“Seven hundred and fifty-four thousand, five hundred and forty-five (754,545) candidates, representing 38.32%, obtained credits and above in a minimum of five (5) subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
“Of this number, three hundred and forty-seven thousand, one hundred and ninety-two (347,192) representing 46.01% were male candidates, while four hundred and seven thousand, three hundred and fifty-three (407,353) representing 53.99% were female candidates.
“A comparison of the percentage of candidates in this category in WASSCE for School 2024 and 2025, reveal that in this year’s (2025) WASSCE, there is 33.8% decrease in performance (that is, those who obtained credit and above in a minimum of five (5) subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, was 72.12%).”
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