The West African Examinations Council has officially released the results of the 2025 Second Series Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination for private candidates.

In a statement on Monday, WAEC disclosed that candidates may check their results by visiting www.waecdirect.org to confirm their status before proceeding to the Digital Certificate platform at www.waec.org to access released digital certificate copies.

“Candidates are required to apply online for printing of hard copy certificates through the WAEC Certificate Request Portal, e-Certman, accessible via https://certrequest.waec.ng/ for processing. All candidates who sat for the exams are advised to carefully review their results and take necessary steps promptly, including accessing certificates and completing required applications online,” it explained.

The statement recalled that 69,604 candidates, representing a 1.8 per cent increase compared with the 2024 entry figure of 68,342, enrolled for the examination, while 65,752 candidates sat for it at 370 centres across the country.

It added that among the people who sat for the examination, 235 candidates with varying degrees of special needs (visually impaired, hearing impaired, and albinos) registered.

According to the statement, out of the total of 65,752 candidates who sat the examination, 32,005 were males, and 33,747 were females, representing 48.68 per cent and 51.32 per cent, respectively. It added that 61,943 candidates, representing 94.21 per cent, have their results fully processed and released, while 3,809 candidates, representing 5.79 per cent, have a few of their subjects still being processed due to some errors traceable to them.

It, however, assured that efforts were being made to speedily complete processing to enable affected candidates to receive their results fully processed and released subsequently.

The analysis of the candidates’ performance statistics shows that out of the 65,752 candidates who sat for the examination, 33,989, representing 51.69 per cent, obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects (with or without English Language and/or Mathematics).

Additionally, 27,727 candidates, representing 42.17 per cent, obtained credit or above in at least five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics. Of this number, 13,416 (48.39 per cent) were male candidates, while 14,311 (51.61 per cent) were female candidates.

The statement also mentioned that 1,899 candidates’ results, representing 2.89 per cent of the total number of candidates that sat for the examination, were withheld in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice.

It added that investigations were ongoing and reports would be presented to the appropriate Committee of the Council for determination. The statement said that the committee’s decisions would be communicated directly to the affected candidates thereafter. 

(NAN)