The Federal Government has set a 2027 target for transitioning its examination system to 100 per cent computer-based testing (CBT). The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, announced this during the inauguration of the Committee on Improvement of Quality Examinations in Nigeria yesterday in Abuja. Alausa said the committee was set up to address key challenges in the education sector, …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) said the planned Computer-Based Testing (CBT) model for the conduct of the 2024 examination was only scheduled for private candidates and would not be used for general school candidates. The Acting Head of Public Affairs of WAEC Nigeria, Moyosola Adesina, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. The examination body announced on 13 November …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), on Monday, announced that it had ditched the paper and pencil test model and has adopted the Computer-Based Test mode for the conduct of the Senior School Certificate Examination. According to a statement on Monday by WAEC’s acting head of the Public Affairs Unit, Mr. Moyosola Adesina, the innovation would kick off with the …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said that plans to introduce the Computer Based Test mode in the administration of its examinations are at an advanced stage. In an interview with Newsmen on Saturday in Lagos, the Head of National Office, Mr Patrick Areghan said that introducing the CBT mode of administrating some of the council’s examinations had been …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has commissioned a 1000-seating capacity mega Computer Based Test (CBT) centre in Kaduna. The centre said to be the largest in West Africa has four units each of 250 seaters with the capacity to conduct the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination for 4,000 candidates per day. While inaugurating the N1.19 billion CBT centre along …

The management of Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic (AOPE), Eruwa, parents, and candidates have hailed the peaceful conduct of the first Computer Base Test (CBT) for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) at the institution. The CBT centre, according to the management of the institution, is the only approved centre in Ibarapaland and Iseyin axis of Oyo State after fulfilling the requirements of …