…Registration for the examination will commence on Monday, December 18, 2023, and a mock examination will be conducted in February 2024, before the examination commences.
MON, NOV 13 2023-theGBJournal|The Nigerian National Office of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) has concluded plans to migrate its WASSCE for Private Candidates Examination Diets from paper and pencils to computer based Examination (CBE), WAEC announced today in a statement signed by Moyosola F. Adeina, Ag. Head, Public Affairs, WAEC.
The examination body said the innovation will commence with WASSCE for Private Candidates-2024- First Series, which is slated to hold in February 2024.
”While the objective tests will be fully computer based, the essay and test of practical papers will be hybrid, in which the examination questions will be delivered on screen and candidates required to write answers on the answer booklets given to them,” WAEC said.
It added that the examination will be conducted in urban centres/cities and candidates with special needs has been factored into the plan.
It said registration for the examination will commence on Monday, December 18, 2023, and a mock examination will be conducted in February 2024, before the examination commences.
WAEC consequently implored all prospective candidates to hone their computer skills and be fully prepared to embrace the innovation.
”As Africa’s foremost examining body, providing qualitative and reliable educational assessment, encouraging academic and moral excellence, it is the vision of the Council that in the near future, all its examinations will be delivered via the computer,” WAEC said.
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