The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Friday introduced the digital Theoretical Driver’s Examination in Region Six which saw a first batch of sixty candidates sitting the examination online.
The examinations were administered utilizing the Zara Computer Centre at the New Amsterdam and Adventure Police Stations.
In a press release issued yesterday, the force said the new method seeks to enhance the system by making the process transparent.
It added that it also eliminates lengthy delays in accessing examination results, complaints of corruption and simplifies the process for candidates.
Results are also available immediately after the examination. “With the examination being done online, preliminary results are readily available within seconds after the candidate submits his/her completed examination scripts,” the police said.
In March of this year, Traffic Chief, Ramesh Ashram had announced that the force was moving to digitise the learner driver programme from April.
The first online theoretical driving examinations was done on April 14 at the Felix Austin Police College.
He said that the system will be rolled out across all regions once the necessary equipment becomes available.
In March 2020, the GPF Traffic Department had suspended all learner-drivers theoretical classes following the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. As a result, those who had registered to attend classes for the months of March and April, 2020 were asked to check with the various offices to have their classes rescheduled.
The purchase of packages resumed on January 15 of this year followed by the theoretical classes.
In his address at the opening ceremony of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Annual Officer’s Conference, Deputy Commissioner of Police (ag) Calvin Brutus had said the digitisation of the theoretical driving examination will mitigate against complaints of corruption and delays in marking of examination scripts.
