SSCE 2025: WAEC Battles to Stop English Paper Leak as ‘Expo’ Floods Social Media!
If it weren’t for Wednesday’s embarrassing and regrettable events surrounding the 2025 SSCE English Language paper, one would be laughing uncontrollably at WAEC, naturally with their head flung back.
On Wednesday night, at 9 p.m., I was heading home from work when a friend called to let me know that her daughter, who was writing the 2025 SSCE, had not yet arrived home. She clarified that because the English language paper was running behind schedule, one of her daughter’s teachers had called to ask her to provide lunch. Upon arriving at the school in Lagos State’s Ijanikin neighborhood,
When she learned that the kids were writing in the dark, she was horrified and furious.
Their exam room was only dimly lit by rechargeable lamps and flashlights on their phones. Why? In an attempt to comprehend the issue, I pondered who should be held accountable—WAEC for the paper’s delayed arrival, the school for lacking a backup generator, or even the Nigerian phenomenon known as “I pass my neighbor.”
Why wouldn’t a secondary school have “I pass my neighbor”? After all, Nigerians are accustomed to “NEPA” failure. I therefore questioned nobody in particular about the true state of affairs in Nigeria. 2025 JAMB was the first. As instability increased and transportation conditions became more challenging, students who were supposed to assemble at 6:30 am had to leave their houses before daybreak. And a well-known person was called names when he opposed it.
As if that weren’t enough, whatever the examining body named it, it tampered with the results. Because of this, parents had to endure going to their centers for the re-test a second time.
Like JAMB did a few weeks ago, WAEC is currently trending. It began a few days ago at a Delta State school and spread when students throughout the nation used lanterns and phone flashlights to write English Language Paper 2 in the dark on Wednesday night.
The narrative was the same in Benue, Kwara, Lagos State, and other places.
According to reports, the participants were kept waiting for the exam officer to arrive with the objective piece of their English paper for several hours even though they had already completed the essay portion.
Exams were said to end as late as 11:00 pm in certain centers, while the paper was said to be postponed until roughly 8:00 to 9:00 pm. The worst part is that the exam officers were unable to pinpoint the precise reason for the hold-up.
Additionally, some schools in the state were said to have neglected to write the objective section and were forced to do it the next day.
Look at the irony now. According to a statement attributed to WAEC, the paper was delayed in an effort to prevent exam misconduct. According to TheCable, WAEC spokeswoman Moyosola Adesina said, “Even though we were able to protect the exam materials, this unintentionally impacted the timeliness and seamless execution of the process.” Additionally, it stated that the assessment body identified additional contributory reasons, such as societal issues, security concerns, and logistical difficulties.
Therefore, they stopped the paper from leaking, but they might have given pupils access to the prize of mobile phones.
What prevented them from looking up definitions of idioms and synonyms for phrases while utilizing the flashlights on their phones? etc. These Gen Zers are tech-savvy and have access to AI.
Conversely, consider the predicament faced by every pupil who has a visual impairment there. Furthermore, even though they had the chance to cheat in the dark, don’t be shocked if they forget that their phones could be useful for more than just lighting the hallway because of the psychological and physical strain that would have resulted from waiting for too long.
After the terrible act the organizers conducted on Wednesday, it is sincerely hoped that there won’t be a large number of English language failures in the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Of all the papers, the one that was messed up was a required topic like the English language.
The saddest thing is that people won’t recall that these students wrote the subject in the most unhelpful way imaginable when—well, let’s say if that happens.
Better is what our kids deserve. Exam bodies’ numerous justifications aren’t resolving any issues at all.
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