The Registrar, National Examinations Council, Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi, says the complexity of its examination may not allow for immediate migration from paper to Computer Based Test
Wushishi was speaking during an interactive session with newsmen on key milestones achieved by the council in Abuja on Wednesday.
He said that by being the body conducting the largest number of examinations, migrating to CBT would take a gradual step.
“For the fact that NECO is the largest examination body by the number of examinations we conduct, migrating to CBT is a critical issue.
“For JAMB, they are not examining candidates in so many subject areas so they find it very easy to embrace CBT in their examinations and do multiple choice in their exams.
“As far as NECO is concerned, if you look at the nature of our exams particularly in SSCE internal-for admissions into tertiary institutions, every year we examine students close to 1.5 million which is a large number.
“For this 1.5 million candidates, we examine these candidates in 76 different subjects and more than 150 different papers.
“So if we look at the complexity of these exams, particularly the essays where we have different papers, going CBT is something that experts need to sit and look at the nitty gritty of the exams,” he said.