Nigeria’s 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results have reached a decade-low pass rate, with only 38.32% of candidates earning credits in five subjects, including English and Mathematics, a 33.8 percentage‑point decline from the prior year, according to reports.
Out of 1,969,313 students who sat the examination, 754,545 passed five or more subjects. This is the lowest performance since 2014, when only 31.28% met the benchmark. WAEC officials attributed the decline partly to stricter anti-cheating measures, such as new serialisation protocols for key subjects like English and Mathematics, which may have suppressed inflated performance rates. The results have intensified calls for systemic reforms in Nigeria’s education sector, triggering debates on examination integrity, teaching quality, and the need for greater investment in secondary education infrastructure and training.
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