Ahead the commencement of the Computer Based WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2024 – First Series, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Nigeria has made available its e-learning portal with materials that will demonstrate to candidates, the requirements for the conduct of the CB-WASSCE.
Speaking at a press conference, Head of National Office, WAEC Nigeria, Amos Dangut, who said this is in a bid to further deliver on its mandate and as a way of helping candidates, urged candidates to visit https://www.waeconline.org.ng/e-Learning/index.htm to access the portal.
Dangut also said a tutorial video on how to navigate the examination portal is available on all the Council’s social media platforms and candidates can use that to acquaint themselves with relevant information on demand and upon enquiry.
“The conduct of the Computer Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) for Private Candidates, 2024 – First Series, will take place from Wednesday, January 31 and end on Saturday, February 17, 2024, in Nigeria, spanning a period of two (2) weeks and four (4) days.
Plans have therefore been concluded for this first-ever computer-based examination, which will be delivered in hybrid mode. The hybrid mode entails that, the Objective or Multiple Choice questions will be rendered on-screen and candidates are required to give their responses on the screen.”
The HNO noted that the Essay and Practical questions will be rendered on-screen, likewise, but candidates will be required to give their responses using the answer booklets provided.
”WAEC Nigeria, in keeping with its vision of being a world-class examining body and its core value of innovation, has taken this bold step to offer candidates a viable alternative to the Pen and Paper model of examinations while giving its stakeholders and publics, a view of the great potentials that exist in Computer-based approach to assessments.
This briefing is to inform you of our level of preparedness and readiness for the conduct of CB-WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2024 – First Series, in Nigeria, he added.
