"WITHDRAW AND RE-AUDIT THE RESULTS": EDUCARE CEO ALEX ONYIA ALLEGES SYSTEMIC CBT GLITCH IN 2026 WASSCE, THREATENS LEGAL ACTION

Prominent education advocate and Chief Executive Officer of Educare, Alex Onyia, has publicly called out the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) over what he describes as a major technical glitch in the newly released 2026 Computer-Based Test (CBT) WASSCE results.

​Reacting to complaints from candidates, parents, and school heads, Onyia highlighted an unprecedented drop in candidate performance, particularly among students from schools that participated in the CBT examination mode. He noted that high-performing candidates who excelled in previous standardized tests, including the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (JAMB), recorded abnormally low scores under the WAEC CBT diet.

​Taking to social media to express outrage, Onyia demanded that WAEC immediately recall the affected results for a comprehensive system audit or face formal legal proceedings.

​"There is a disastrous glitch in the just-released WAEC results, especially for those who were forced to do WAEC CBT. WAEC, you can’t toy with our children’s destinies. We will not allow it. The results need to be withdrawn immediately and fixed, or we will challenge you in court."

​Key Details and Stakeholder Concerns

​Disproportionate Failure Rate in CBT Centers: Stakeholders and school heads reported that students who sat for the computer-based diet experienced widespread performance drops compared to candidates in paper-based centers, raising suspicions of automated scoring errors or software misalignments.

​Call for Immediate Result Withdrawal: Onyia urged WAEC to suspend the portal's current result postings and set up an independent technical committee to audit the scoring algorithms and third-party CBT software used during the examination.

​Threat of Legal Action: The Educare boss warned that if WAEC fails to address the technical irregularities and protect the academic futures of affected students, legal practitioners and civil society groups will file a class-action lawsuit against the examination council.

​Demand for Transparency: Parents and educators have called on the Federal Ministry of Education to intervene and ensure that candidates are not penalized for administrative or technological failures beyond their control.