WAEC Shares Top Success Tips for 2025 May/June Exam — Boost Your Performance Now!

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Nigeria, has released advice on how Nigerian candidates can outperform their counterparts from the other four member nations—Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and The Gambia—in the May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

In an exclusive interview with Nigerian Tribune, Dr. Amos Dangut, Head of National Office, WAEC Nigeria, provided advice in response to the question of how he felt about Ghanaian candidates continuously taking home the council’s top three international excellence awards year after year.

Recall that students from Ghana outperformed their peers from the other four WEAC member countries, including Nigeria, which accounted for 73.5% of all exam takers across the five member countries, to place among the top three candidates with the best results in both the 2023 and the previous May–June WASSCE.

David Nii Commey Ankrah (first prize), Henschel Tabi Frempong-Manso (second prize), and Benedict Ofori Debrah (third prize) were the three Ghanaian students who are currently enrolled as undergraduates in Ghanaian universities.

Even if it is difficult to say, Dangut asserted that it is nevertheless true that in a class, someone must place first, second, third, and so on in every exam, including the WAEC.

He contended that if a student doesn’t come first, they should reflect on why they didn’t come first and then re-plan for a better outcome in the future.

“That is precisely what I would anticipate Nigerian educators to critically examine to pinpoint the elements that are impeding students’ exceptional performance, particularly about winning the International Excellence Awards, and then take appropriate action.”