WAEC links sharp decline in 2025 WASSCE Core Mathematics results to student skill gaps
The Head of Public Relations at the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), John Kapi, says the steep drop in Core Mathematics performance in the 2025 WASSCE is linked to clear skill gaps among candidates. Speaking on the JOY Super Morning Show, he outlined seven areas where students struggled the most. These included representing mathematical information in diagrams, solving global math-related problems, constructing cumulative frequency tables, making deductions from real-life scenarios, solving simple interest questions, converting word problems into mathematical expressions, and interpreting results from cumulative frequency data. He noted that these topics are not outside the syllabus or the test blueprint. They simply exposed weaknesses in how students engage with the subject. WAEC’s provisional results show that more than half of the candidates—220,008 out of 461,736—failed Core Mathematics, marking the worst performance in seven years. The percentage of students earning […]
