Over 13,000 WASSCE Results Withheld Over Suspected Irregularities

Over 13,000 WASSCE Results Withheld Over Suspected Irregularities
The Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), Conrad Sackey, has confirmed that the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has withheld 13,213 results from the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) due to suspected examination irregularities.
Announcing the results in Freetown, Minister Sackey said a total of 143,985 candidates sat for the examination across Sierra Leone. He further disclosed that over 3,500 candidates’ results were not released because their respective schools failed to settle examination fees owed to WAEC.