As part of efforts to deepen awareness about the newly introduced digital certificate platform for Nigeria and also to educate stakeholders about its use, benefits and significance, a United Kingdom-based recognition agency, ENIC, in conjunction with the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has set aside Wednesday January 11, 2023, to host a free webinar for the general public to attend at 10:00 hrs UK time.
According to information obtained by the veracitydesk.com.ng an open invite has been electronically sent out to the general public on how to register for the free webinar before the scheduled January 2023 meeting date.
ENIC is a leading information service provider offering impartial, trusted judgement on international qualifications.
Its services have been developed to ensure that the skills, competencies and qualifications of those coming to the UK to work, study, practice or settle are recognised at the appropriate level.
The agency also supports every university in the UK, colleges that admit international students, employers, professional bodies, UK Government departments, and immigration advisers understand more about educational, vocational and professional systems outside the UK.
On its official website, ENIC affirmed that it is the designated United Kingdom national agency for the recognition and comparison of international qualifications and skills. They perform this official function on behalf of the UK Government.
Additional information about the January 11 webinar further revealed that Mr. Patrick Areghan, the Council’s Head of National Office, Nigeria will be providing an overview of the WAEC digital certificate platform among other things during the online session.
Besides, the free webinar will also give room for discussions about the future of student mobility from West Africa, it will also demonstrate how the platform can be used by students, higher education institutions and third-party providers, as well as offer an opportunity to ask questions of members of WAEC and UK ENIC.
Recalled that WAEC officially launched its digital certificate on October 20, 2022 and assured stakeholders that the platform could be used to recover candidates’ forgotten/lost examination numbers. It also described it as a one-stop shop for access and validation of certificates, whereby issues of result alteration would permanently cease to exist.
Interestingly, about 30 million certificate holders who had taken the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) as far back as 1970 till date, will be able to access and share the original copies of their digital certificates from anywhere in the world, and that the platform has also solved the problem of delay, doubt and faking, Mr. Patrick Areghan stated this whilst speaking about the uniqueness of the fresh milestone of the institution.
He equally informed stakeholders that the council’s new digital platform was essentially developed in conjunction with one of the world‘s foremost and credible security technology providers, Botosoft technologies.
Areghan said it was being implemented to streamline the issuance and verification of certificates from all over the world, adding that with the advent of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), there is a need to integrate technology with students’ lifestyles.