SA's first computerised learner's license testing pilot site to open

This pilot project, which forms part of Road Safety strategy, is aimed at introducing road safety as a life skill curriculum with an outcome of producing 10 000 new drivers with appropriate skills to become safe drivers.

Funded by the National Department of Transport, the objective of the pilot is to deploy eNaTiS-based CLLT classrooms at two pilot Driver's Licence Testing Centres within each province to evaluate the impact of the new system and allow prospective candidates to complete their learner's license test electronically on a computer-based system.

The system will see the examiner allocate a specific terminal to the successfully identified applicant. The terminal will then prompt the applicant to provide a fingerprint, which it will scan and validate by comparing it with the application details.

Random questions

The system will also randomly generate the test questions for the applicable test for each terminal, the questions will be temporarily downloaded to the test terminal.

After the test has been authorised, the questions will be deleted and the applicant's answers will be verified on the eNaTiS data centre.

The implementation of the eNaTiS CLLT is designed to provide the following benefits:

• All the applicable questions per test type and the required marks to pass a specific test will be maintained on the eNaTiS;
  
• Functionality will allow the demonstration clip to be displayed to the applicant on screen (text) as well as the audio clip (in all 11 official languages);
  
• Reduction in fraud and corruption, as a result of less dependency on human intervention;
  
• Complete automation of the learner's license process from application, through booking, completion of the test and eventual issuing of the learner's license;
  
• No two learners are likely have the same set of questions;
  
• Increased efficiencies in service delivery within the traffic administration sphere.

Source: Eastern Cape Transport, via GCIS