The National Institute of Road Transport (INATRO) announced on Wednesday (1) that it will build the first Smart Driver’s License Testing Center to reduce illegal practices and strengthen the credibility of the country’s driver training and certification system, Lusa reported.
“Smart Driving Test Centers are facilities specially designed to conduct practical driving tests, replicating real-world road conditions in a properly signaled and equipped environment,” reads a statement from the institute released on Wednesday.
According to the document, the center—which will be built in the city of Beira, in the central province of Sofala—will utilize information and communication technologies to support the evaluation of candidates, “ensuring greater transparency, rigor, and integrity in the process of certifying driving skills.”
“The construction and operation of these centers will enable a more objective and impartial evaluation of candidates, significantly reducing the human intervention that characterizes the current practical exam model. This modernization will help minimize less transparent practices and strengthen the credibility of the driver training and certification system,” the document states.
The cornerstone of the facility—billed as the first of its kind in the country—will be laid this Thursday, July 2, marking the start of construction on the Smart Driver’s License Testing Center.
INATRO has printed 25,000 driver’s licenses—out of 35,000 pending requests—since late January, as a result of the “extraordinary measures” implemented, the agency announced in March.
“This output is the result of the extraordinary measures that have been in place since January 27 of this year, which include extending the operating days of driver’s license printing services to include weekends,” according to a statement released at the time.
The agency notes that the result is also driven by the commissioning of an additional driver’s license printing machine, which doubled the installed printing capacity from 750 to 1,500 licenses per day, as well as improvements to the IT systems involved in the printing process.
On January 28, the institution announced that a new driver’s license provider would begin operations by the end of the first half of the year to accelerate the production and printing of this document.
