Prof Ishaq Oloyede eye wey red like pepper don already talk di matter before im mouth fit open. Di man dey for serious wahala.

As di oga for Nigeria Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Oloyede face camera for May 2025 to beg Nigerians sake of one big technical wahala wey make thousands of pipo wey write university entrance exam fail.

"As JAMB registrar, na me dey responsible for wetin happen, even di mistake wey di service provider do," na wetin im talk for one video wey go viral. "I dey beg una well-well for di trauma wey dis thing don cause Nigerians, whether na direct or indirect."

Di wahala na say di technical glitch make di Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results show say plenty candidates fail, and na JAMB dey handle dis exam wey dey decide who go enter university for Nigeria.

When candidates begin complain, some officials, including di Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, first talk say di mass failure no be technical wahala but na because dem don stop cheating through di computer-based testing.

"JAMB dey use computer-based testing system do di exam. Dem don put strong security measures, and because of dat, cheating no fit happen again. But we no fit talk di same thing for WAEC (West African Examinations Council) and NECO (National Examinations Council)," di minister talk.

WAEC and NECO na di people wey dey do Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations (SSCE) for Nigeria. Good result for any of di two exams, or both, na wetin person need to enter higher institution.

"We gatz use technology fight dis cheating," Alausa talk. "Plenty 'miracle centres' dey, and dat one no good at all. Pipo dey cheat for WAEC and NECO exams, but when dem reach JAMB, wey cheating no dey possible, di difference go show. E dey pain person."

Months after di UTME results wahala, di idea of computer-based testing for school certificate exams don dey gain ground.

Di Nigerian government don announce say by 2026, all public exams, especially WAEC and NECO, go change from paper-pencil test to computer-based testing.

Minister Alausa talk dis one when im visit NECO pilot CBT-based SSCE for Sascon International School for Abuja.

Di Ministry of Education, through di director of press, Folasade Boriowo, talk say di exam na "better example of wetin fit happen, di preparation and progress wey dey ground." Di minister still talk say by 2026, all SSCE exams go dey happen for CBT centres wey dem don accredit.

But experts dey talk say to move from paper-pencil test to computer-based testing for di about two million students wey dey write di exam go hard because of di infrastructure wahala wey dey Nigeria, like light and internet.

Di cost to install networked computers go dey too much for some schools, according to di Computer-Based Test Centre Proprietors' Association of Nigeria (CPAN).

Austin Chinedu Ohaekelem, di national president of di association, talk say no be plenty schools go fit get better halls wey dem go use for CBT.

To carry students go CBT centres, especially from remote villages, go still be another wahala. "If na one-day exam, e no too hard, but SSCE dey take weeks to finish," Ohaekelem tell TRT Afrika.

Another problem na how to get trained technical staff wey go fit handle di exam and di scheduling of subjects and candidates.

Even with all di wahala wey dey ground, CPAN and di Minister of Education still believe say di transition from paper-pencil test to CBT fit work.

"Like I talk before, CBT testing no be new thing for Nigeria," Ohaekelem talk. "Most students dey use phone wey connect to internet. Dem dey social media, dem dey sign up for different things, and dem get email accounts too."

Even though e no go dey true for all pikin, especially those wey no get money, di government and centre operators dey look di success of JAMB CBT as proof say SSCE CBT fit work.

Experts dey talk say how di stakeholders go take learn from di wahala wey JAMB face go determine whether di system fit work well for SSCE.