The Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Alausa, has announced that the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, and the National Examinations Council, NECO, will commence the use of Computer Based Test, CBT, to conduct their objective papers in 2025 examinations.
Speaking after an extensive tour of several CBT centres in Bwari on Monday; and real-time monitoring of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s digital control room, Alausa said by May/June 2026, both objective and essay components of WAEC and NECO exams will be fully computer-based.
The move, which marks a major policy shift in the conduct of public examinations in the country, is born out of government’s determination to rid the examinations of malpractice.