As WAEC Is About To Introduce The USE Of CBT in the 2026 WAEC Exam. How ready is your child
West African Examinations Council announced days ago, after the release of the 2025 WAEC results, that they are planning, working day and night, to introduce WAEC CBT for the 2026 WAEC exam.
Following the release of 2025 WAEC results, when only about 38% candidates had up to 5 credits, including credit in the USE Of English and mathematics.
To also help curb the increase in exam cheating and exam malpractice among secondary school students and private exam centers.
According to the source, they believe the introduction of WAEC CBT will help reduce the WAEC exam malpractice by 90% and help promote computer literacy among our young children in today’s advanced computing age.
The plans to introduce WAEC CBT are still ongoing; hopefully, by next year, 2026, it will become a reality that the West African Exam will be 100% computer-based across West African nations.
Although some people are worried? Asking what the fate of those in urban areas, in remote villages, is where the computer literacy level is still at the lowest?
We still have children who, in their late teenage years, have not touched a computer system, and they have no knowledge of the basics of computer usage. What is their faith with WAEC CBT?
Joining with the poor electric power supply issues across West African nations, our source said, these are things the Government should please look into to assist the West African Examinations Council Board for effective WAEC CBT, which, on the other hand, are welcome developments.
When we, NL SOFT, carried out an online poll, we discovered that the majority of people who participated believe the introduction of computer-based tests for WAEC is indeed a welcome development.
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Many think that the introduction of WAEC CBT in 2026 will reduce the rate of malpractice by 90%.
But the only significant factor to consider is the problem of the unstable internet network in this country and the fact that most school children in remote villages and urban areas are mostly computer illiterate. How then will they be able to handle the computer?
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Hope you enjoyed reading this. Should you have a child in secondary school, now is the right time to teach them computer literacy along with AI Tech. It’s highly important today that your child is computer literate as well as AI literate. Not just because he or she is sitting for an exam, but because AI Is The Future.
