WAEC has commended Ekiti State for boosting school digital infrastructure ahead of WASSCE’s CBT transition.
The council says the upgrades will aid preparation, enhance exam integrity, and strengthen digital literacy.
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has praised the Ekiti State Government for investing in digital infrastructure in public schools, a move it says will smoothen the state’s transition to a Computer-Based Test (CBT) format for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
Ekiti WAEC Branch Controller, Amos Dogari, said the improvements would not only help students and teachers adapt to the upcoming changes but also strengthen examination integrity and boost digital literacy across the state.
Dogari, who led an advocacy visit to the state Commissioner for Education, Olabimpe Aderiye, in Ado Ekiti, described the meeting as highly engaging, noting that it focused on the logistics of migrating to the CBT format.
He explained that WAEC would embark on sensitization campaigns across Ekiti’s three senatorial districts to prepare students, teachers, and parents for the new system. “We want to ensure that everyone understands the process so as to avoid conflicts, encourage proper preparation, and build a sense of shared responsibility for success,” he said.
Outlining the model, Dogari noted that the CBT format would be a hybrid system. Objective questions would be answered directly on-screen, while essay and practical questions would appear on-screen but be written in physical answer booklets. He added that the system was designed to improve efficiency, speed up result processing, reduce malpractice, and keep pace with global technological trends.
He also clarified that Ekiti State owed no financial obligations to WAEC.
In her remarks, Commissioner Aderiye said all public secondary schools in the state had been equipped with laptops, assuring that the state was ready to integrate the CBT model into its schools. She reaffirmed the government’s commitment to strengthening technology-driven education.
WAEC had earlier announced plans to fully transition the WASSCE to a CBT format by 2026. The council’s Head of National Office, Dr. Amos Dangut, revealed that the process began with private candidates in 2024 and had already recorded progress. He said five examinations had been conducted under the model so far and stressed that nationwide adoption would be fully in place by 2026.
