2026 WASSCE: Parents, Education Group Fault FG’s Subject Selection Directive

The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) and several parent associations have criticised the Federal Ministry of Education over what they describe as an insufficient clarification on the new subject selection guidelines for the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

The groups argued that the ministry’s December 6 statement did not address the most pressing concern: the fairness and academic validity of compelling Senior Secondary School 3 (SSS 3) students to sit for subjects they have not been taught throughout their three years of senior secondary education.

In a joint statement issued yesterday, the ERC said the ministry and the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) appear determined to “implement an irrational policy” that could force thousands of final-year students to choose subjects entirely unfamiliar to them.

The statement was signed by ERC National Mobilisation Officer, Adaramoye Michael ‘Lenin,’ and a representative of Concerned Parents, Olanrewaju Akinola.

With WAEC registration currently underway and the examination scheduled for four months’ time, the groups warned that students are being placed in what they described as an “absurd and impossible situation.”

They noted that the removal of previously available subjects, such as Civic Education, Tourism, Computer Studies, Store keeping, Insurance, and Dyeing & Bleaching, from the WAEC registration portal has left many SSS 3 students unable to meet the mandatory minimum of eight examinable subjects, unless they select new options introduced under the revised curriculum.