The Nationwide Examinations Council (NECO) has unveiled optical mark recognition (OMR) digital scanning machines able to processing 15,000 sheets per hour.
The Registrar /Chief Government Officer NECO, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, whereas inaugurating the OMR digital scanning machine on the NECO ICT Scanning Centre, Minna, on Thursday,sixth March 2025, revealed that NECO was the earliest examination physique in Africa to amass the machine, including that it could make the job of NECO environment friendly and efficient.
Professor Wushishi emphasised that the machine can course of 15000 sheets per hour, if in comparison with their previous Machines, that variety of sheets will take the group two weeks to course of.
“With this machine, the variety of days that we take to course of consequence and launch outcomes shall be lowered, noting that the machine would additionally cut back the variety of males deployed to maned Machines, that’s the reason it course for large celebration by the complete employees of NECO,” Wushishi mentioned.
He appreciated the Bureau for Public Procurement for approving the bought of the machine.
Earlier, the Director, ICT Division, NECO, Mr. Goddy Usioboh, highlighted that the acquisition and commissioning of the Scantron Perception 15000C is a testomony to the NECO’s dedication to leverage expertise to attain its objectives.
The ICT boss defined that the Scantron Perception 15000C is a high-performance Optical Mark Recognition(OMR), scanner identified for its precision, pace, and talent to deal with giant volumes of scripts.
