‘Pay N6k Per Script’: WAEC To Candidates, Schools Seeking 2026 WASSCE Results Review

● What WAEC’s Head of National Office, Dr. Amos Dangut, said on ‘process for a review’ during a virtual dialogue organised by the Education Writers’ Association of Nigeria as 2026 CBT Sparks Nationwide Outrage

The West African Examinations Council has told candidates and schools seeking a review of the 2026 WASSCE results to pay N6,000 per script, as anger mounts over what private school owners are calling the worst performance in decades.

NOP NIGERIA reports that the fee disclosure came on Thursday during a virtual dialogue organised by the Education Writers’ Association of Nigeria with WAEC’s Head of National Office, Dr. Amos Dangut, to address the fallout from this year’s Computer-Based Test CBT.

School proprietors used the forum to protest the results, alleging irregularities and saying many students with consistent academic records recorded shockingly poor grades under the new CBT system. They described the situation as a threat to students’ futures.

“We are dealing with the destinies of people,” said Fatola Samson, Principal of Babcock School, Remo. He revealed that out of 190 candidates from the school, only 27 obtained satisfactory results. Mass failures were recorded in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.

Fatola called it the worst result in the school’s 31-year history and questioned whether WAEC was fully prepared for the CBT transition. Another proprietor at the meeting, representing a 17-year-old institution, reported a similar record-low performance this year.

Beyond the grades, school owners complained that earlier petitions to WAEC’s National Office had not received responses. They also raised concerns over the yet-to-be-released results of blind candidates and possible errors from the computer-based system.

Responding, Dr. Dangut said WAEC was willing to review results where candidates or schools formally appealed through the established procedure. “We will hasten the process for a review,” he assured participants, urging them to be patient.

It was during that explanation that the N6,000 per script fee was mentioned. The announcement immediately drew questions on whether candidates would be refunded if a review proved the error came from WAEC, and on how delays would affect admissions.

Dangut defended the council’s position, saying complaints about results were not peculiar to WAEC or Nigeria. “Examination bodies around the world routinely receive appeals from candidates and other stakeholders,” he said, adding that integrity must be maintained because students will eventually have to prove what their certificates claim.

To support his argument, the HNO said WAEC had subjected the 2026 results to additional scrutiny before release. The results were initially scheduled for Monday but were delayed until Wednesday to allow for further checks.

He also promised to release comparative statistics for 2025 and 2026. According to him, preliminary data showed mixed outcomes. The proportion of candidates who scored B2 and above in English Language rose from 0.41 per cent in 2025 to 1.75 per cent in 2026.

However, the percentage of candidates who scored C6 and above in English dropped from 64.58 per cent in 2025 to 59.31 per cent in 2026. Dangut dismissed suggestions that WAEC deliberately lowered grades, insisting the council could not upgrade results without evidence.

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The CBT format itself became a major flashpoint. Participants called for an independent, third-party review of the 2026 process, arguing that technical glitches may have disadvantaged students who were not familiar with computer testing.

With university admissions already underway, school owners warned that delayed corrections could cost candidates an entire academic year. “There are people whose admission hopes have been dashed this year,” Fatola said.

As the review window opens, thousands of families must now decide whether to pay N6,000 per subject to challenge their results. For WAEC, the task is to prove the CBT system is credible. For students, the task is more personal: to salvage a future that, they say, was decided by more than just their answers.

NOP NIGERIA