{"id":166086,"date":"2025-06-08T10:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T09:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/computer-based-exams-not-solution-to-malpractices-nut"},"modified":"2025-06-08T11:23:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T10:23:32","slug":"computer-based-exams-not-solution-to-malpractices-nut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/computer-based-exams-not-solution-to-malpractices-nut","title":{"rendered":"Computer-based exams not solution to malpractices \u2013 NUT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, has said that a shift to computer-based examinations by the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, and the National Examinations Council, NECO, will not eliminate malpractices.<\/p>\n<p>The NUT National President, Comrade Audu Amba, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Sunday in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Amba was reacting to the recent directive by the Federal Government that WAEC and NECO should fully transit to Computer-Based Testing, CBT, for their examinations by 2026.<\/p>\n<p>According to NAN, by the directive, both multiple-choice and essay papers by the two bodies would be administered via computer, starting with the May\/June 2026 examination cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, WAEC is expected to begin conducting objective exams via CBT starting in November 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, who announced the Federal Government\u2019s decision, had said that switching to CBT for WAEC and NECO examinations would enhance efficiency and reduce malpractices.<\/p>\n<p>Amba, however, said that the major challenge with the nation\u2019s education system, which is encouraging malpractices, is the priority placed on paper qualifications.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, because society only recognises certificates and grades, the students will go the extra mile, sometimes with the support of their parents, to acquire them\u2014even when they cannot be defended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have placed more emphasis on certificates. What is your grade? What are your scores? Not minding the intellectual intelligence of that student.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe students will go out of their way to make sure that they get the marks that will give them the certificate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Amba also underscored the need to address the digital literacy gap among students and teachers before implementing such a policy, adding that this may require additional training programmes and resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are talking about CBT exams. Where is the light, manpower, and network? You see, we have a long way to go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many of our teachers in our localities are even computer literate? We don\u2019t sit down within the city and give a directive that cannot be implemented. In my village, for instance, network ceases. You can\u2019t get it until you get to a particular place, and so it is in many of our villages. There are also some of our students that have not seen a computer before, not to talk of operating it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The NUT president reiterated that many things needed to be addressed first and in time, before it could get to a level of CBT introduction.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, there is a need for relevant stakeholders to work together to improve the education sector for the betterment of the students and the nation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, has said that a shift to computer-based examinations by the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, and the National Examinations Council, NECO, will not eliminate malpractices. The NUT National President, Comrade Audu Amba, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Sunday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":166085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[17709,254,2748],"class_list":["post-166086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-malpractices","tag-nigeria","tag-nut"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Computer-based exams not solution to malpractices \u2013 NUT - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, has said that a shift to computer-based examinations by the West African Examination ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/computer-based-exams-not-solution-to-malpractices-nut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Computer-based exams not solution to malpractices \u2013 NUT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, has said that a shift to computer-based examinations by the West African Examination ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/computer-based-exams-not-solution-to-malpractices-nut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-08T09:08:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-08T10:23:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749365680.879979.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/computer-based-exams-not-solution-to-malpractices-nut#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/computer-based-exams-not-solution-to-malpractices-nut\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Computer-based exams not solution to malpractices \u2013 NUT\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-08T09:08:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-08T10:23:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/computer-based-exams-not-solution-to-malpractices-nut\"},\"wordCount\":456,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/computer-based-exams-not-solution-to-malpractices-nut#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749365680.879979.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"malpractices\",\"Nigeria\",\"Nut\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/computer-based-exams-not-solution-to-malpractices-nut#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/computer-based-exams-not-solution-to-malpractices-nut\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/computer-based-exams-not-solution-to-malpractices-nut\",\"name\":\"Computer-based exams not solution to malpractices \u2013 NUT - 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