The West African Examinations Council WAEC has released the 2026 WASSCE results for school candidates. WAEC also advised candidates to generate PINs on waec.org and check on waecdirect.org.
The Council made the announcement in a post on X on Wednesday.
“UPDATE: 2026 WASSCE (SC) results have been released. Generate your PIN at http://waec.org and check your results now on http://waecdirect.org,” the examination body stated.
The Head of WAEC Nigeria National Office, Dr Amos Dangut, who announced the results in a press conference in Lagos on Wednesday said WAEC withheld 167,486 candidates’ results, representing 8.59 per cent, over alleged malpractice during the 2026 computer-based exams.
According to the Council, 1,200,514 candidates, representing 61.54 per cent, got five credits including English and Mathematics, while 116,031 results, representing 5.95 per cent, were still being processed.
A total of 1,959,668 candidates from 24,207 schools registered for the examination across Nigeria, Benin Republic, Côte d’Ivoire and Equatorial Guinea, while 1,950,726 candidates eventually sat for the examination.
A total of 1,687,378 candidates (86.50 per cent) secured credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, with or without English Language and Mathematics.
The number of candidates who obtained credits in five subjects including English and Mathematics dropped by 1.42 percentage points compared with the 2025 examination.
Of the 1.2 million candidates who achieved credits in English and Mathematics, 558,883 (28.65 per cent) were male and 641,631 (32.89 per cent) were female.
Overall, 997,267 females (51.12 per cent) and 953,459 males (48.88 per cent) participated in the examination.
WAEC said 1,834,695 candidates, representing 94.05 per cent, had their results fully processed and released, while the results of 116,031 candidates (5.95 per cent) were still being processed.
Below is how to get your Serial Number and PIN to check your 2026 WAEC Result
- Visit http://waec.org and select the “serial number and pin” menu at the top of the page.
- Select the appropriate Examination Year and the Diet
- Enter your Examination Number and your NIN (Ensure the NIN is the same one that was used during your WAEC registration).
- Enter your Email and Phone Number to generate a One-Time-Password (OTP)
- Input the OTP to successfully recover your Serial Number and PIN.
You can also download your WAEC ID Card to your mobile devices.
