•Council faults mother over son’s withheld result
By Gabriel Dike
The Minister of State for Education, Suwaiba Said Ahmad, monitored the just concluded May/June 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in two schools in Abuja.
The minister along with the management of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) led by the Head of National Office (HNO), Dr. Amos Dangut, monitored the writing of General Mathematics.
Suwaiba, WAEC and some journalists monitored the school exam at Bankys Private School Apo and Government Secondary School Apo resettlement, Abuja.
Dangut received the minister of education at Bankys Private School, Apo and conducted her round the exam hall to inspector students writing General Mathematics via CBT.
Suwaiba watched as Mr. Lawal Omoniyi, the WAEC officer in charge of CBT exam in the school put the students through on their laptops.
The Minister interacted with the students and hoped they have study hard, stating that the school as well as their parents expects good results from them in the school exam.
She asked the students about the CBT examination, adding, “if you have any challenges, let us know. We will start the CBT exam with a pilot phase before going full blown next year.”
At GSS Apo, the minister and WAEC management were received by the school Principal, Mr. Alalade Aderemi, who took them to the exam hall, where 337 students were wrote General Mathematics.
Suwaiba also interacted with the GSS Apo students and asked if they are happy with the pilot phase of the CBT exam and assured them that the government would address any challenges observed.
The HNO assured the students that WAEC would continue to conduct quality exams and that starting next year, the council and other exam bodies would conduct the CBT exams.
Dangut urged the students not to engage in examination malpractice, noting, “study very well for your exams and steer clear of exam fraud.”
In his remarks, GSS Apo Principal, Mr. Aderemi, assured the minister and WAEC that the students would abide by the rules and regulations guiding the May/June WASSCE.
Aderemi told Daily Sun that the school recorded 70 percent success in 2024 WASSCE, stressing, “our expectation is a better result. We expect 80 percent success in 2025 WASSCE.”
In the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), he said GSS Apo students scored 344, 303, 302 and others recorded high marks.
Meanwhile, has clarified that it does not withheld candidates result arbitrarily without any cause.
A statement in respond to a mother who claimed that WAEC withheld the son’s November/December West African Senior Certificate Examination (WASSCE) result and his is slipping into depression, the council categorically rejected the claim.
The statement signed by the acting Public Affairs Officer of WAEC, Mrs. Moyosola Adesina, said the council’s attention was drawn to the mother’s outcry published in the national dailies and clarified the facts surrounding the allegation.
“We have read the publication, with deep sense of concern, and as an organization that takes pleasure in rendering quality service to the Nigerian child, we have decided not to remain silent over the incident. We categorically reject this claim and wish to clarify the facts,’’ she stated.
Adesina explained that the council does not withheld candidate(s) result(s) arbitrarily, adding, “when a report on acts of examination malpractice and other irregularities regarding the conduct of an examination is received by WAEC, the results of affected candidate(s) are withheld pending investigations.”
She said the affected candidates are notified of the allegations made against them and are advised to make their representations via the WAEC Notice of Examinations Malpractice portal.
Adesina noted: “The information about this portal are always contained in the press releases issues upon the release of result for every diet of examination as well as the council’s social media platforms. In addition, prior to every diet of examination, candidates and examination functionaries are informed through briefing session notes and registration materials.”
The public affairs officers described WAEC as a law-abiding organization that follows due process in all its activities and that the reported cases of examination malpractice are investigated in accordance with the rules and regulations for dealing with cases of irregularities in the council’s examinations pursuant with the law.
She reiterated that as a world-class examining body with the aim of adding value to the educational goals of its stakeholders, the council would continue to use its best endeavour to improve on the quality of assessment for the enhancement of quality education in Nigeria.
Daily Sun gathered the Nigeria Examination Committee (NEC) took a decision to cancel the result of the woman’s son and others for examination malpractice.
A source in WAEC told Daily Sun that the son and other candidates violated the rules and regulations governing the conduct of the exam and that the punishment is the cancellation of the results.