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Egold CBT

Write exams on computers. Mark them in seconds.

Egold CBT runs your school's tests on any computer: online for free, or on your own server when there's no internet. Every answer is saved the moment a student picks it, so a power cut doesn't wipe out the exam.

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No card, no installation for students. Ready in about two minutes.

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Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

The principal was candid about the results.

Shade an answer. This is exactly what your students see.

Everything from setting the paper to printing results.

  1. 1

    Before the exam

    • Upload past questions from a Word document, or type them in.
    • Add comprehension passages, tables and diagrams.
    • Pick questions from your banks and set the date, class and duration.

  2. 2

    During the exam

    • Every student gets the questions in a different order.
    • Watch every computer live: progress, time left and warnings.
    • Add time, pause the hall, or message a student from your desk.

  3. 3

    After the exam

    • Objective answers are marked the moment students submit.
    • Positions and WAEC-style grades (A1 to F9), ready for Excel.
    • See which questions were too hard or had a wrong answer key.

Made for real school conditions.

Light goes off. Wi-Fi drops. Thirty students share one lab. Egold CBT was designed around all of it.

Power cuts
Answers are saved on the server as each one is picked. Students sign back in and continue, and the invigilator can give back lost time.
No internet
Run it on one school PC. Every computer in the lab connects to it over the school network.
Weak internet
Online, answers wait on the student's computer and upload when the network returns. Submitting keeps retrying until it succeeds.
Cheating
Answer keys never reach the student's computer. Tab switching, copying and leaving full screen are flagged to the invigilator.
Theory papers
Students type their answers; teachers mark them on screen, with an AI-suggested mark if you want one.

Two ways to run it.

Egold CBT online compared with running it on your own server
Online Your own server
Price Free Licence: ask us
Internet during exams Needed Not needed
Where data lives Our secure servers Your school PC
Set up Sign up and start Install on one PC with XAMPP
All exam features Yes Yes
Start online for free Compare in detail

Questions schools ask

What happens if the light goes off during an exam?

Every answer is saved on the server the moment a student picks it. When power returns, the student signs in again and continues where they stopped. The invigilator can add time or reopen the attempt from the Live Monitor.

Do we need internet to write exams?

Not with the self-hosted version: one school computer acts as the server and students connect over the school network. The online version needs internet, but it tolerates weak connections — answers wait on the student's computer and upload when the network comes back.

Is it really free?

Yes. Any school can register and use Egold CBT online for free. A paid licence is only needed if you want to run it on your own offline server.

How do you stop cheating?

Each student can get the questions and options in a different order. Leaving the exam screen, switching tabs, copying or pasting and exiting full screen are recorded and shown to the invigilator live. Answer keys never reach the student's computer.

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Set your first CBT exam today.

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