Alumni Association Cautions Federal Govt Over Implementation Of CBT System

The Ago Iwoye Secondary School Old Students Association (AISSOSA) on Friday, called on the federal government, management of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) and the National Examination Council (NECO), as well as other stakeholders in the nation’s education sector to exercise restraint before compelling secondary schools’ students to write their terminal examinations through the Computer Based Test (CBT) system in year 2026.

AISSOSA particularly warned that adoption of the CBT system would be counter- productive unless the policy makers in the Nigerian educational sector upgrade infrastructural facilities that will provide the enabling environments for students to pass their terminal examinations seamlessly.

This is just as the old students also urged governments at all levels to strengthen their supports for the education sector in order for the country to overcome the plethora of security challenges, emphasising that insecurity and youth restiveness are closely linked to the growing lack of access to quality learning.

Speaking at a press conference to herald the school’s 70th anniversary celebrations, chairman of the Anniversary Planning Committee, Dr. Femi Bakare said leadership of all the communities must not fail at recognising the long – term dangers of neglecting the education sector if such wants to live in peace with themselves.

Bakare emphasised that many of Nigeria’s current security challenges could have been curtailed should the disadvantaged youths had access to better opportunities provided for them in being educated.

Fielding questions from journalists, Bakare stressed that bodies of the alumni associations must not abandon their alma mater, which gave them a career opportunity of becoming what each members have respectively become today, but strive towards playing active roles in the development of education, stressing that government alone should not be left to shoulder the burden.

The anniversary planning committee commended AISSOSA for its numerous interventions, particularly the remodeling of the school’s main hall commissioned yesterday, runs into multi-million Naira.

In his response, AISSOSA national president, Sir Taye Solarin Sogbesan, called on the federal government and other policy makers to ensure that all Secondary Schools in Nigeria are well equipped with facilities such as desktop computers and laptops and that students are properly exposed to their use so that the policy may achieve the desired results.