West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has launched an educational statistics platform known as “EDUSTAT” to provide student-level data on performance.
EDUSTAT is reported to be borne out of the desire to provide stakeholders such as funding agencies, government institutions, researchers, administrators, and parents with a user-friendly reliable platform that provides educational insights.
The platform will provide researchers with a comprehensive and intuitive way to analyze and keep track of students’ performance which will be accessible to educators at all levels from teachers to school administrators, and policymakers.
Head of National Office (HNO), Patrick Areghan disclosed that the platform is designed for the public to leverage WAEC’s comprehensive and reliable database of over 50 million candidates who have been tested over the years. He added that the educational insights were collected from multiple sources and delivered in simplified graphs, summaries, and dashboards that would assist in enhancing decision-making.
While speaking at the unveiling of the platform in Lagos, Nigeria, he said, “The core benefit of the EDUSTAT by WAEC platform is to provide access to a comprehensive Interactive Web Report. Also, the platform offers detailed and smart statistical insights into the education and assessment dynamics, using historical and current data to provide detailed intelligence for stakeholders across the globe in a smart and easily accessible manner.
“One of the key features of this platform is its ability to analyze data in real-time. This means that educators can get immediate feedback on how their students are performing, enabling them to adjust their teaching strategies as needed. Additionally, the platform is designed to be user-friendly and customizable, allowing educators to tailor it to their specific needs and preferences.”
He further disclosed that EDUSTAT would be beneficial to institutions such as Universities, Polytechnics, and colleges of Education by accessing data on enrollment and academic performance of their students, as it would be helpful to spot areas where resources are needed to support students thereby improving their academic performance.
Investors King understands that this recent rollout of the educational statistics platform by WAEC will enable educators’ ease of work and access to student data by taking the edge off the manual access to data which will enhance quick decision-making and quality service delivery. Also, with analysis of real-time data, it will save time and cost, enabling educators to get immediate feedback on certain information needed.
Users of WAEC EDUSTAT can log on to the website to sign up, select parameters, select their preferred method of report generation (Summaries, Charts, Maps, Trends), make payments, download, and use the content for personal/official purposes.
WAEC is no doubt moving ahead with technological trends following its recent advancements in its operations as it seeks to deploy technology in all facets of its operations. Recall that last year October, as part of its efforts to meet the demands of the fast-changing world, the West African Examinations Council launched a digital certificate platform.
The platform involves mobile and web-based applications, designed, specifically, for candidates, individuals, institutions, and organizations, which be used to recover candidates’ forgotten/lost examination numbers. The rollout of the platform has also solved the problem of delay, doubt, and faking, as candidates can access and share their results at any time, and to any location around the globe.
