{"id":74329,"date":"2025-08-27T09:28:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T09:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=74329"},"modified":"2025-08-27T09:28:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T09:28:35","slug":"neco-to-scrap-paper-pencil-exams-fully-adopt-cbt-from-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/27\/neco-to-scrap-paper-pencil-exams-fully-adopt-cbt-from-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"NECO to Scrap Paper-Pencil Exams, Fully Adopt CBT from 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onilede Titi Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The National Examinations Council (NECO), has announced plans to phase out the traditional paper-pencil method and fully migrate to Computer-Based Examinations (CBE), starting with the November\/December 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), External.<\/p>\n<p>This transition aligns with the Federal Government\u2019s directive that by 2026, all school-based examinations conducted by NECO and WAEC will be fully computer-based, using accredited public and private CBT centres nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Wednesday, NECO disclosed that arrangements have been finalised for the migration, with invitations already extended to qualified CBT centre operators to apply for registration.<\/p>\n<p>The Council noted that only centres meeting strict technical, infrastructural, and security standards will be approved.<\/p>\n<p>According to the guidelines, each accredited centre must provide at least 150 functional computers or laptops with 10 per cent backups, robust servers, standardised cubicles, air-conditioned halls, CCTV surveillance with IP cameras, and strong internet connectivity from MTN or Airtel.<\/p>\n<p>NECO further emphasised that makeshift CBT centres will not be accepted, stressing that only purpose-built centres maintained throughout the year will be approved.<\/p>\n<p>On examination integrity, the Council insisted that CBT staff must be reliable individuals of proven moral standing to safeguard the credibility of the process.<\/p>\n<p>Other mandatory requirements include a minimum 40KVA generator, UPS or inverters with at least three-hour capacity, internal toilets, holding rooms for candidates, and fenced premises with adequate security.<\/p>\n<p>NECO described the transition as a major milestone in modernising Nigeria\u2019s examination system, aimed at ensuring fairness, efficiency, and credibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith &nbsp; The National Examinations Council (NECO), has announced plans to phase out the traditional paper-pencil method and fully migrate to Computer-Based Examinations (CBE), starting with the November\/December 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), External. This transition aligns with the Federal Government\u2019s directive that by 2026, all school-based examinations conducted by NECO [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":74330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[183,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74331,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74329\/revisions\/74331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}