WAEC RESULT CRISIS DEEPENS AS OFFICIAL ALLEGES IRREGULARITIES, GLITCHES
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By:Tajudeen Aminat
The controversy surrounding the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination results has intensified following allegations of technical glitches and irregularities by an official of the West African Examinations Council.
The Head of Examinations at the WAEC office covering Anambra State, Olanrewaju Fadehan, made the allegations in a viral video, claiming that candidates who participated in the computer-based examination were particularly affected.
Fadehan said the alleged issues became apparent around the time the results were released. He noted that the results were initially expected between August 3 and 5, 2026, adding that WAEC had traditionally released its results on Mondays.
He said there were indications that something went wrong, necessitating last-minute adjustments before the results were eventually released.
According to him, the alleged adjustments particularly affected candidates who sat for the computer-based examination in subjects such as Mathematics, English and Igbo.
Fadehan also expressed concern over reports of poor performance in Igbo among some candidates in the South-East, despite the language being widely spoken in the region.
He further alleged that schools that invested heavily in CBT facilities were adversely affected by the development, with some reportedly spending more than N60 million in preparation for WAEC’s transition to computer-based testing.
“The call for a review this year is particularly disturbing, as it is alarming. Schools that subscribed to the CBT innovation of WAEC were badly hit. Some of them spent upwards of N60m and above to set up their CBT facilities,” he alleged.
The WAEC official also claimed that some candidates were not provided with appropriate calculators during the examination, alleging that this contributed to poor performance in Mathematics and other calculation-based subjects.
Fadehan said he had raised concerns about the alleged irregularities during the examination and subsequently petitioned the WAEC Board, the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Examining Bodies, as well as the Minister of Education.
He alleged that instead of addressing his complaints, he was subjected to disciplinary proceedings and later placed on interdiction.
Calling for a probe, Fadehan urged President Bola Tinubu and other relevant authorities to investigate the alleged causes of the poor performance recorded by candidates, particularly those who took the computer-based version of the examination.
He also made allegations of financial impropriety against the examination body’s management, including issues surrounding the supply of calculators, students’ identification cards and fees charged to candidates and other service users.
He called on the Federal Government and other stakeholders to investigate the allegations, stressing that safeguarding the credibility of the examination system was crucial to the future of Nigerian students.
However, when contacted for a reaction on Thursday, WAEC Head of Public Affairs, Moyosola Adesina, declined to comment, saying, “No comment for now.”
The allegations come amid growing concerns over the integrity of the 2026 WASSCE results, with some school administrators and education advocates raising questions about alleged grading inconsistencies and technical challenges associated with the expanded CBT rollout.
Some of the complaints centred on claims that certain high-performing students received lower grades than expected when compared with their previous academic records and performances in other standardised examinations.
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