The Head of National Office (HNO), Mr Olu Adenipekun said this at a press conference on Wednesday, November 21, 2018, in Calabar while announcing the results of the 2018 WASSCE for Private Candidates (Second Series).

Adenipekun said the council is steadily realising the need for the application of electronic assessment for its examinations, considering the fact that the world has been reduced to a global village.

He said, “We are doing everything possible to play the required roles as far as e-testing is concerned in the country.

“But remember, WAEC is established to test the achievement of candidates in a given syllabus.

“So to that effect, we must realise that it is only when we have e-teaching in our secondary schools that this can be speedily enforced.

“For us to be able to introduce this much-desired e-testing, therefore, we must be able to collectively remove all roadblocks. E-learning must, for instance, be in place in all schools to effectively equip students with computer skills.

“Our examinations are not selection tests nor aptitude tests but achievement tests, and so there is the need for us to jointly come together to see how we can set up modern examination halls across the country with all e-testing facilities fully in place,”

WAEC releases 2018 second series WASSCE results

However, the council has released the results of the 2018 second series of the West Africa Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination.

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The WAEC Boss also said  63,037 candidates representing 57.36% obtained credits in five subjects excluding Mathematics and English.

He added that a total of 112, 567 candidates registered for the examination in Nigeria, out of which 109, 902 sat the examination.