WAEC Says Digital Certificate Will Control Loss, Time Lag

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says its recently launched digital certificate will control the issue of certificate loss and time lag.

The Head of the board's Nigeria National Office, Patrick Areghan said with the digitalisation of the certificate, admission processes will now be done in seconds.

Areghan made this comment while responding to questions on a topic: Going Digital, The WAEC Approach to transforming Africa's Academic and Employment Mobility on Wednesday via zoom.

He added that the launch of the digital certificate is the board's contribution to making the world global.

The National Head stated that the use of the manual system takes a lot of time while also consuming resources.

He further said the system was generally disadvantageous to Africans.

“With the dangers of losing certificates and time lag, the digital certificate has proved its worth.

“Within seconds, you can complete admission processes.

“It is our own contribution of making the world a global village and also contribute to regional global cooperation.

“Before the launch of the digital certificate, the manual system was operational.

“It used to be a matter of back and forth, consuming a lot of time and resources.

“It created a lot of agony for the modern African children,” he said.