Concerned Nigerian Mum Calls Out WAEC After 2025 Result Showed Mass Failure In Mathematics And English
A Nigerian mum has called out the West African Examination Council, WAEC, officials to address the mass failure of English and Mathematics by candidates who sat for the 2025 examination.
In a video making the rounds, the woman said the failure was as a result of the exam body’s inability to conduct the examination at the appropriate time.
According to her, most of the students failed Maths and English because the examinations were conducted in the night and they also finished late into the night.
She then called on other mothers to lend their voices in fighting for a good cause. In her words:
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“All you good mothers, please come out. It seems it will not well with those WAEC officials. The students who passed WAEC this year are not much.
Most of them failed Maths and English. Is it supposed to be like that? When the students started English in the night and finished late into the night, is that how it is supposed to be?
All the WAEC paper written this year is faulty. Good mothers come out let us shout together so they know how they will quickly address this.
Where is it done that students sit for exams in the night? All the WAEC papers the students wrote this year, none of them is good. Maths is bad, English is also bad.
All good mothers, please come out and lend your voice. Do not say it doesn’t concern you If it doesn’t concern you now, it will concern you in the future.
Let all of us come out and shout on their head.”
On Monday August 4, the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, released the result of this year’s WAEC.
The result showed that out of the 1,969,313 candidates who sat for the examination, only 754,545 candidates, representing 38.32%, obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
In the 2024 WASSCE, 72.12% of candidates obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
This year’s results showed a significant decline in performance, with only 38.32% of candidates achieving the same feat.
On May 28, there was an outrage on social media after the students wrote their English paper parts II and III (objectives and theory)in the night.
Videos of many students writing their papers in the dark with the aid of torchlights and candles made the rounds on social media. The examination commenced at 7pm and ended at 9pm as against the 4pm scheduled time.
The examination body apologised for the delay and pleaded with the students, their parents, and other stakeholders to forgive its wrongdoing.
It explained that the delay was part of measures taken to prevent examination malpractice, especially the leakage of question papers.
While many parents and even state governments called for the cancellation of the paper, the examination body went ahead with scoring the students.