By Amaka Abayomi

The Lagos State government has selected 10 public schools to test-run the commencement of computer-based examinations in public secondary schools in the state.

Speaking at an interactive session with principals and vice principals of public secondary schools in Lagos, the state Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, said the pilot scheme was necessitated by the introduction of the Computer Based Testing (CBT) by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), with other examining bodies such as WAEC and NECO signifying their intention to follow suit.

The 10 schools are Agidingbi Senior Secondary School, Ikeja; Oregun Senior High School, Ikeja; Immaculate Heart Comprehensive Senior High School, Maryland; Ebute Elefun Senior High School, Lagos, Araromi/IIogbo Senior Secondary School; State Senior High School, Oyewole, Agege; Aguda Senior Grammar School, Aguda; Oke-Afa Senior Secondary School, Isolo; and St Joseph Senior Secondary School, Mushin.

“For Lagos State not to be left behind there is the need for us to pilot the scheme, hence we are providing ICT facilities in schools, training teachers and exposing our students to the CBT through internal examinations such as mock examinations to prepare them for the external examinations.

“The training will be continuous to ensure that all the state’s senior secondary schools are covered and the trained teachers will in turn train the students in their respective schools”, Oladunjoye said.

Commending the principal, vice principals and teachers for their efforts in the success recorded at the last WASSCE, the Commissioner charged them to take ownership of their various schools so as to excel both in academics and morals.