By Anita John 
LAGOS | OCT 28: The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has directed candidates preparing for its 2026 examination to use its mock Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) portal, as the examination body plans to fully transition into computer-based examinations in 2026.
It admonished candidates to use the mock portal at mockcbt.waec.org.ng and use 5010101520 as the examination number to familiarise themselves with the computer-based exam format.
How to use CB-WASSCE
- Click on https://mockcbt.waec.org.ng/ to access the login page
- Click the blue button instruction to proceed
- You will be prompted to enter an examination number, enter 5010101520
- And click the login button
NOTE: The portal was not working at the time our reporter tested the portal to have a first-hand experience on how it works. Candidates have also made similar complaints at the time of publication
According to WAEC, the mock CB-WASSCE is designed to prepare candidates, reduce anxiety, improve digital readiness and ensure a smooth transition from the paper-based examination to a full computer-based format in 2026.
Back story
In September 2025, the examination body made public its readiness to migrate to a fully computer-based format, following the directive of the Ministry of Education. It promised to introduce mock sessions and online practice platforms to enable candidates familiarise themselves with the system ahead of the main examinations.
WAEC’s Head of National Office, Dr. Amos Dangut, who later interacted with members of the National Assembly Committee on Education in Abuja, stated that the rollout of CBT examinations had already begun, adding that all candidates would be carried along.
Dangut noted that the move to CB-WASSCE was necessitated by the need to safeguard the credibility of Nigeria’s certificates and to align assessment practices with global standards.
In 2024, the examination body conducted Nigeria’s first-ever CB-WASSCE for private candidates in a hybrid format, combining paper-and-pen with computer-based responses.
“We are up to the task and that is our intention. We have started it and there is no going back; it is going to be on a large scale,” he was quoted as saying by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
During his session with lawmakers, the Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education, Sen. Adamu Usman, promised increased budgetary allocations to the education sector ahead of the 2026 full-scale rollout to support the digital examination system.
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