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SSCE Shake-Up Scandal: National Assembly Drags WAEC, Minister To Explain ‘Rushed’ Reforms
The Senate has ordered the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, and the Head of the National Office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Amos Dangut, to appear before it over the sudden rollout of new guidelines for the 2025/2026 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE).....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
This directive came after a motion raised by Senator Sunday Karimi (APC, Kogi West) during Tuesday’s plenary session.
Speaking under Orders 41 and 51 on matters of urgent national importance, Senator Karimi expressed concern that the new examination structure was being hastily applied, stressing that students were being forced to sit for subjects they had never been taught.
He pointed out that the curriculum was originally meant for students currently in SS1 — those expected to take the WAEC in the 2027/2028 academic year — but is now being imposed on SS3 students preparing for the May/June 2026 exams.
“Each SS3 student will be required to write two or three additional subjects in the upcoming WAEC. They have not received any instruction in those subjects and are obviously not prepared,” he warned.
Supporting the motion, Senator Adams Oshiomhole condemned the rushed policy execution, calling it ill-planned and careless.
“We just wake up with ideas and begin implementing them,” he said.
“For any new subjects to be introduced, proper planning must be in place. Do we have qualified teachers? Are laboratories ready? There is no proof of that. We must not adopt policies that will embarrass this country.”
Similarly, Senator Idiat Adebule (APC, Lagos West) emphasized that such significant reforms should first be reviewed and endorsed by the National Council on Education.
Senator Solomon Adeola (APC, Ogun West) also insisted that students cannot be tested on subjects they have not been taught.
“Teaching must come before testing. Assessing students on content unfamiliar to them is unfair and academically flawed,” he argued.
Following the discussions, the Senate mandated its Committee on Basic and Secondary Education to hold a public hearing involving the Minister and WAEC leadership.
Lawmakers further urged the Federal Government and WAEC to exclude the current SS3 set from the new curriculum, and instead implement it starting with the cohort presently in SS1.
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