The President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonu, has called for a deeper national reflection on the causes of the widespread failure recorded in the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen show, Mr. Carbonu emphasized that teachers cannot be solely blamed for the poor results, noting that the same educators taught students in previous years when outcomes were significantly better.
“Let’s examine this situation. The same teachers have been instructing students over the years. What has changed? It is unreasonable to evaluate a systematic failure over just six months, especially when these students have spent three years in the educational system.
“The students whose results are currently under review attended school in 2023 and 2024, when outcomes were relatively good—same schools, same teachers, same environment. What significant event could have occurred in just six months? I cannot make a strong case regarding this issue,” he added.
Mr. Carbonu also raised concerns about rising indiscipline in schools, declining teacher authority, and the impact of the double-track system, which he believes has contributed to the declining quality of education.
“The results presented truly reflect the performance of our students this year. The school environment has become increasingly unsafe, and there is a growing issue with indiscipline. Teachers’ resolve to maintain discipline has diminished, which does not come as a surprise. The double-track system is largely to blame for the poor performance of WASSCE students in this year’s SHS results,” he stated.
His comments follow the release of the 2025 provisional WASSCE results by WAEC, which revealed a national drop in performance. Only 48.73% of candidates scored A1 to C6, with 114,872 students (26.77%) failing Mathematics and 122,449 (27.5%) recording F9 in Social Studies.
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