No going back on deadline for CBT in WAEC, NECO exams — Alausa

The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has disclosed that efforts are on to ensure full digitization of all national examinations by 2027.

Mr Alausa made the disclosure during the 2025 Quarterly Citizens and Stakeholders Engagement on the Nigeria Education Sector Renewal Initiative, NESRI, held in Abuja.

According to him, the National Examinations Council, NECO, and the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, would begin conducting computer-based tests, CBT, from November 2025.

He said the move was to tackle examination fraud and enhance integrity.

Also speaking, the Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Ahmad, emphasised the importance of TVET in addressing Nigeria’s skills gap and reducing reliance on foreign workers.

“We have seen companies hiring 60 per cent of their workforce from abroad. That must change,” she said.

Sen. Muntari Dandutse, Chair of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund, pledged legislative support for the reforms, calling education “the heart of national transformation.”