The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results of the 2025 Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) for private candidates.
The examination, which was the second series of the computer-based WASSCE for private candidates, was conducted between Tuesday, 11 November and Wednesday, 17 December 2025.
In a statement issued by WAEC’s Acting Head of Public Affairs, Moyosola Adesina, a total of 65,752 candidates sat for the examination at 370 centres across the country. Of this number, 32,005 candidates, representing 48.68 per cent, were males, while 33,747, representing 51.32 per cent, were females.
The statement also disclosed that 235 candidates who registered for the examination had varying degrees of Special Needs. “Out of this number, three were visually impaired, 24 had impaired hearing, and three were Albinos,” the statement said.
WAEC further explained that the coordination of examiners and marking of scripts took place at seven marking venues located in Lagos, Ibadan, Benin, Enugu, Uyo, Jos and Kaduna. The exercise was held from Wednesday, 14 January, to Tuesday, 3 February, with a total of 3,361 examiners participating.
According to the council, results of 61,943 candidates, representing 94.21 per cent, have been released. The remaining 3,809 results, representing 5.79 per cent, are still being processed due to “some errors traceable to them”.
On performance, WAEC stated that 27,727 candidates, representing 42.17 per cent, obtained at least a credit in five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics. It added that 33,989 candidates, representing 51.69 per cent, secured at least a credit in a minimum of five subjects, with or without English Language and Mathematics.
“Candidates may 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,” the statement added.
WAEC began implementing CBT for private candidates in 2024 with 8,285 candidates. The council also announced that from this year, it will transition the WASSCE for school and private candidates to CBT, following a directive by Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, who said the move was to curb examination malpractice.
