The Federal Government has directed the West African Examinations Council and the National Examinations Council to adopt full Computer-Based Testing for all their examinations by 2026.
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this during the monitoring of the ongoing exams alongside JAMB officials, in Bwari on Monday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that more than 2 million candidates registered for the ongoing examination in more than 800 centres across the country.
Alausa revealed that both the WAEC and NECO would start administering their objective papers via CBT, effective this November.
According to him, the full adoption of CBT for the essay and objective components would commence by May or June 2026.
”If JAMB can successfully conduct CBT exams for more than 2.2 million candidates, WAEC and NECO can do the same.
“We are going to get WAEC and NECO to also start their objective exam on CBT.
By the 2026 examinations, scheduled for May/June, both the objective and essay components will be fully CBT-based. That is how we can eliminate exam malpractices.”
Alausa further disclosed that a committee is currently reviewing examination standards nationwide, with recommendations expected next month.
Earlier, JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, while addressing concerns about the early scheduling of the exams, clarified that the board’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has always commenced at 8:00 a.m.
