The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has outlined key facilities schools must provide ahead of the complete migration of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination to computer-based testing (CBT) by 2026.
During a sensitisation programme in Port Harcourt recently, Head of Examinations, WAEC, Mr Lucky Njoagwuani, said schools must put in place a minimum of 250 functional laptops with 10 per cent backups, a robust computer server capable of supporting 250 systems simultaneously, and a Local Area Network setup.
The sensitisation event was jointly organised by Teadro Systems Ltd, NAPPS and partners, including the Bank of Industry, HP, Lenovo and Canon. WAEC also mandated the installation of functional air conditioning systems and lighting, an uninterrupted electricity supply, a backup generator with a capacity of at least 40kVA, CCTV cameras, and a holding room or reception facility for candidates. Njoagwuani said the move to CBT would reduce logistics costs, enhance examination security, and increase accessibility. “We started with the fourth series of our private candidate examination about two years ago, and it was successful. This year’s private candidate examination, second series, is fully computer-based with no option for pen and paper. Invariably, next year’s school candidate examination will be fully computer-based as well,” he said.
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