By : Bakinam Khaled
The Egyptian Banking Institute (EBI), the training arm of the Central Bank of Egypt, announced the signing of a cooperation agreement with one of the world's leading companies in the field of Assessment services, “Mercer Mettl”. The agreement authorizes EBI to provide Mpaas system for EBI’s candidates and trainees in the Egyptian banking sector to conduct secure online exams any time & anywhere using credible anti-cheating technology and robust security features.
The Mpaas system offered by Mercer Mettl provides a cloud-based proctoring service and this technology relies heavily on artificial intelligence technology and it is one of the best systems currently used in this field, which aims to implement the exams smoothly and with the highest degree of safety for the examination environment. This service offers new methodologies in executing the assessment projects which allows EBI to extend inside and outside Egypt through its online assessments with efficient cost and high quality giving the chance to execute multiple projects at the same time delivered in a quality that meets the international standards for performing tests remotely and allows the implementers to verify the identity of the participants and ensure the progress of the process of performing the tests while preserving the confidentiality and intellectual property.
In this context Mr. Abdel Aziz Nossier, Executive Director of the Egyptian Banking Institute, said: “At EBI, we are proud to provide a leading end-to-end unified online assessment platform such as Mercer Mettl which gives us the opportunity to offer the technology of “Mpaas System”, allowing us to secure test-takers exam environment. In addition, finalizing the cooperation agreement with Mercer Mettl took months to ensure that that the provision of the Mpaas system within the EBI’s Learning Management System (LMS) is effectively put into action.
" Mr. Nossier added; “At EBI we are fully aware of the necessity of digital transformation especially after COVID-19 pandemic which affected the whole world and forced a lot of countries to close borders to contain the virus spread, and it is through this period that EBI was ready with a whole set of high-tech solutions to offer trainings and assessments remotely.”
From his end, Mr. Ahmed Eid, Head of the Assessment Department at EBI stated that Mpaas system is one of the most famous cloud-based proctoring systems that allows the implementers to verify the identity of the participants before starting the assessment making sure that they follow the assessment’s instructions and there are no attempts cheat or to copy the assessment content.
The Mpaas System secures a video report on the candidate’s performance highlighting any breaches or trials to cheat, and once the candidate starts the assessment remotely he won’t be able to open any window other than the assessment window until he finishes the assessment.
Mr. Eid added: “Mercer Mettl is considered as a supporting platform for educational institutions to apply digital transformation as an alternative to traditional paper and pen testing methods. Also, Mpaas system offers a cloud-based proctoring service giving the universities & institutions the opportunity to reach their students, trainees & candidates in remote locations ensuring transparency and credibility.”
