WAEC Denies Viral List of 151 Schools with Withheld 2025 WASSCE Results.
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has distanced itself from a circulating list of 151 secondary schools alleged to have had their students’ 2025 WASSCE results withheld due to examination malpractice.
WAEC had earlier announced that the results of 192,089 candidates representing 9.75% of the total were withheld over suspected exam misconduct.
The viral document, dated August 4, 2025, and titled “Urgent notice to the following secondary schools regarding withheld results,” claimed to be signed by Dr. Florence Ajayi, WAEC Nigeria’s Director of Examination Malpractice and Irregularities.
It instructed principals of the listed schools to report to WAEC’s Lagos Zonal Office within 10 working days, bringing along relevant documents and candidates’ scripts for an investigative panel scheduled before August 16, 2025.
Some of the named schools included Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary (Ikorodu), Atlantic Hall (Epe), Top Faith International School (Uyo), Corona Secondary School (Agbara), Christ the King College (Onitsha), and others from various states across Nigeria.
However, WAEC, via its official X (formerly Twitter) account, @waecnigeria, refuted the letter on Tuesday, stating that it did not originate from any official WAEC communication channels.
WAEC clarified, “Disregard any list claiming schools had their results cancelled. We never ask schools to bring candidates’ scripts how would they even have access to them? Only trust messages published on our verified handles or in recognized media.”
Meanwhile, in the official release of the 2025 WASSCE results by WAEC’s Head of National Office, Dr. Amos Dangut, it was revealed that only 38.32% of the 1,969,313 candidates achieved five credits or more, including English and Mathematics.
This marked a significant drop from the 72.12% pass rate recorded in 2024.
Dangut attributed the decline in performance to the strict anti-malpractice policies newly enforced during the 2025 exams.
