WAEC announces CB-WASSCE for school candidates 2026 results

…61.5 percent obtain credit passes in five subjects including English and Maths

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the 2026 computer-based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) results for school candidates, with 61.5 percent obtaining credit passes in at least five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.

Amos Dangut, the head of the Nigeria National Office of WAEC, announced the result on Wednesday at the council’s Yaba, Lagos office in a brief with journalists.

“A total of 1,200,514 candidates, representing 61.54 percent, obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics,” he said.

Dangut explained that a total of 1,959,668 candidates from 24,207 schools enrolled for the examination across the country.  Of the number that registered for the examination, 1,950,726 candidates sat the examination.

The examination was also administered to candidates from some schools in the Benin Republic, Côte d’Ivoire and Equatorial Guinea, where the Nigerian curriculum for Senior Secondary Schools is being used.

“I wish to report that a total of 1,213 candidates with varying degrees of Special Needs registered for the examination. Out of this number, 137 were visually challenged, 491 had impaired hearing; 55 were spastic cum mentally challenged, and 41 were physically challenged. All these candidates were adequately provided for in the administration of the examination. The results of these candidates have been processed and are also now being released along with those of other candidates,” he said.

Of the total number of 1,950,726 candidates that sat the examination, 953,459 were males while 997,267 were females, representing 48.88 percent and 51.12 percent, respectively.

“Out of the total number of candidates that sat the examination in Nigeria, 1,834,695 candidates, representing 94.05 percent, have their results fully processed and released, while 116,031 candidates, representing 5.95 percent, have one or more of their subjects still being processed due to some issues being resolved.

“Efforts are, however, being made to speedily complete the process and release the affected candidates’ results within a couple of days,” Dangut said.

He further disclosed that the statistics of candidates’ performance in the examination show that out of the 1,950,726 candidates that sat the examination, 1,687,378 candidates, representing 86.50 percent, obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects (that is, with or without English Language and/ or Mathematics).

Dangut revealed that the results of 167,486 candidates, representing 8.59 percent of the total number of candidates that sat the examination, are being withheld in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice.

“This is 1.11 percent lower than the 9.7 percent recorded in the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2025. The increasing use of cell phones in the examination hall, despite the existing ban, and organised cheating in some schools, are other nagging issues,” he noted.

However, he explained that all the cases are being investigated and reports of the investigations will be presented to the appropriate committee of the council for consideration and final decisions.

“The committee’s decisions will be communicated to the affected candidates through their various schools, in due course. Candidates affected by these decisions can now call for redress of their malpractice cases if they so wish via,” he said.

He also emphasised that during the course of inspection, activities of rogue website operators did not go unnoticed.

Some of these faceless miscreants have turned WAEC’s examination periods into a cash cow, peddling fake papers and manipulating students through cyber deception.

These platforms exploit the anxieties of students, lure parents into quiet complicity, and systematically erode public trust in the value of academic success.

“These unscrupulous elements have become the thorn in the Council’s flesh and its arch nemesis. They have even become more brazen in their activities, to the extent that they compose fake messages in the name of the council to wreak havoc and cause distress for unsuspecting stakeholders.

“The council is calling on all stakeholders to help in the fight against these individuals and to raise awareness about their deceptive tactics,” he said.

He assured the general public that the council will continue to sanction all cases of examination malpractice as schools, supervisors, teachers and candidates perpetrating this evil are not helping the educational system.