By Jamesetta D Williams
MONROVIA-Liberian 12th graders eagerly awaiting outcomes of this 12 months’s West African Examinations Council (WAEC) must wait for an additional time, as the top of WAEC Liberia has dispelled widespread social media rumors that the 2025 WAEC outcomes can be out in the present day, Wednesday.
College students are apparently having sleepless nights forward of the discharge of this 12 months’s West African Senior Faculty Certificates Examination (WASSCE) outcomes which their graduations hinge on in line with Ministry of Training mandate that no commencement for 12th graders within the absence of outcomes.
Mr. Dale Gbotoe, responding to social media stories that the entity was on the verge of releasing outcomes in the present day, described the stories as “false and deceptive.”
He as an alternative stated outcomes might be launched on or earlier than August 15.
Mr. Gbotoe instructed reporters at MICAT’s Tuesday briefings that latest rumors suggesting the outcomes had been already out are unfaithful and deceptive.
“There’s information accumulating on social media and a few media alerts claiming WAEC outcomes are out. We don’t know the supply. We’ve come to inform you that the WASSCE outcomes might be launched formally between Tuesday, August 12, and Thursday, August 14, 2025,” Hon. Gbotoe stated.
Gbotoe revealed that WAEC is about 99 % prepared with the outcomes and has already submitted them to the Ministry of Training for administrative processing earlier than public launch.
“As of in the present day, we’ve despatched the outcomes to the Ministry of Training. As soon as the Ministry units a remaining launch date, we’ll go public—presumably utilizing the MICAT press briefing platform on both a Tuesday or Thursday,” he added.
WAEC confirmed that over 80,000 candidates sat for the exams this 12 months, and the Authorities of Liberia paid charges for almost all twelfth graders in public faculties.
“We had a bit over 88,000 candidates this 12 months, with authorities protecting charges for greater than 80,000 college students—notably these in public faculties,” Gbotoe disclosed, appreciating the administration for its dedication.
Gbotoe additionally defined that the delay in releasing outcomes was partly resulting from irregularities detected in machine-readable reply sheets.
“Some college students shaded further areas on their reply sheets. Our machines flagged these, so we needed to manually appropriate them to make sure equity,” he famous. He additionally warned that such practices delay outcome processing and have to be prevented in future.
To forestall related points, WAEC plans to restructure how reply sheets are dealt with and despatched to colleges prematurely to keep away from manipulation.
Additionally talking on the briefing, Deputy Minister for Instruction Emma Furday reaffirmed that WAEC Liberia will launch the outcomes on or earlier than August 15, and cautioned the general public and media towards spreading false information.
“Because the Deputy Minister and Chief Authorities Nominee to WAEC, I wish to make it clear outcomes are usually not but out. Nobody ought to declare in any other case,” Furday careworn. “Any platform or particular person sharing early outcomes is misinforming the general public.”
She additional confirmed that Liberia, like different West African international locations, conducts WASSCE beneath completely different circumstances, and timelines might fluctuate from nation to nation.
The general public is urged to stay calm and await the official launch of the WASSCE outcomes from WAEC Liberia, which might be made obtainable by way of the Ministry of Training and credible media channels subsequent week. Authorities have warned towards trusting unofficial sources or social media hypothesis.
Alphonso Toweh
Has been within the occupation for over twenty years. He has labored for a lot of worldwide media retailers together with: West Africa Journal, Africa Week Journal, African Observer and did occasional reporting for CNN, BBC World Service, Sunday Instances, NPR, Radio Deutchewells, Radio Netherlands. He’s the present correspondent for Reuters
He holds first MA with honors in Worldwide Relations and a candidate for second grasp in Worldwide Peace research and Battle Decision from the College of Liberia.
