CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

As most nations of the world are becoming information technology inclined, Nigeria is not left behind. Even as most organizations and companies in the foreign countries have implemented information technology in their films, likewise most of Nigeria’s organizations and companies have also enjoyed the benefits of information technology.

            Even as most foreign countries like America, China and India are experiencing information technology boom, Nigeria is yet to come to such level. With the communication satellite launched recently in our country will explore the hidden treasure of information technology.

            As I consider the design and maintenance of a website Design and maintenance of a website for Examination enrollment system, it is necessary to mention here that information technology have a lot to play in achieving this. Implementing on line entrance examination administration system entails having access to internet, having a website and the place of strong and reliable database can not be over emphasized.

            All these must be put into consideration and they are well treated in the subsequent section of this project work.

BACKGROUND

The West African Examinations Council was established in 1952 following the acceptance of the Jeffery Report by the then colonial Government(s) in the Gold Coast (now Ghana), Nigeria, Sierra-Leone and the Gambia; who passed appropriate ordinances in their Legislative Assemblies in 1951. The ordinances charged the Council with the responsibility of determining the examinations required in the public interest in West Africa, and empowered it to conduct such examinations and award appropriate certificates. The Jeffery Report had strongly recommended the setting up of a West African Examinations Council in the then four British colonies of Nigeria, Gold Coast, Sierra-Leone and The Gambia. Liberia later joined the Council in 1974.

The ordinances have now been replaced with the Convention which confers legal personality on the Council as an international organisation.

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