The Initiative for School Excellence and Education Foundation has threatened legal action against WAEC over the 2026 Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) results, demanding an independent verification and transparency in the review process.
Chinwe Onubugo, a lawyer for Zuriel Law Practice on behalf of the foundation, in a letter sighted by BusinessDay as posted by Alex Onyia, CEO of Educare, through his official X handle @winexviv, demanded that the West African Examinations Council should 14 days of receipt of the letter, confirm that all electronic and documentary records relating to the 2026 CB-WASSCE have been preserved in their original and unaltered form.
Besides, the council is to provide copies of, or reasonable access to, the regulations, protocols and technical framework governing the 2026 CBE; confirm the mechanism through which candidates may obtain their individual electronic examination records; and establish a transparent procedure for affected candidates to query and challenge their results.
Moreover, WAEC is to confirm the safeguards employed to verify the accuracy of electronically recorded responses and automatically generated scores; provide appropriate information concerning any material technical incidents encountered during the 2026 CBE and the measures taken to determine whether such incidents affected candidates’ results; engage with the foundation concerning an independent verification or audit mechanism; and agree to suspend any irreversible disposal, destruction or alteration of records relevant to the issues raised herein pending completion of the proposed review.
