The West African Examinations Council has disclosed plans to commence computer-based examinations, tagged CB-WASSCE, saying it will help curb examination malpractices.
The new system, which will combine both digital and manual features scheduled to take off next year with the current SS3 students across the country, and will also improve the integrity of its assessments.
Speaking during a sensitisation rally in Port Harcourt to educate stakeholders, students, and the public on the innovation, the Zonal Coordinator of WAEC, Port Harcourt Office, Adeniran Amusan, said the digitalisation initiative aims to eliminate examination leakages, ensure the timely conduct of exams, and enhance efficiency. 
Amusan said, “The CB-WASSCE will eradicate the problem of logistics and late arrival of papers. The computer will also time the students, thereby ensuring fairness and transparency.
“It’s a hybrid system, the objective questions will be done on the computer, while the essay and practical components will still be written manually on answer booklets.
“The essence is that students will not be subcharged, it is faster, there won’t be issues of logistics of late arrival of papers.”
Amusan explained that the move aligns with global best practices and will prepare students for technology-driven assessments in the future.
He urged schools, teachers, parents, and students to embrace the new system as part of the modernisation of education in Nigeria.
Meanwhile, while some students hailed the initiative as a step toward modernisation and digital literacy, others expressed reservations about their limited exposure to computer use.
Others expressed the optimism that the CB-WASSCE will bring a new way of thinking, and it’s going to better modernise the society.
