Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja
L -R: DIrector (Test Administration), Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Dr. Yusuf Lawal, Registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde and Director (Information Technology Service), Mr. Olujide Adisa, at a press briefing on Friday in Abuja
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Friday warned against returning to the Paper Pencil Test, saying it would amount to “taking Nigeria one step forward and ten steps backward for Nigeria.”
The Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, who sounded the warning during a press briefing, said despite some challenges, the Computer-Based Test, has done a lot in reducing examination malpractices.
He said, “Members of the House of Representatives are lawmakers. They have every right to debate the CBT, If the government says we should go back to the old system, we will comply. But it won’t be good for us, we know those who have been been benefiting.
According to him, JAMB would reschedule examination for candidates who missed the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) because of relocation of centres, adding that, it had relocated 59, 000 candidates in 15 states because of challenges in some of the centres.
Ojerinde added that the new development does not affect candidates who missed the examination deliberately or failed in the examination.
He said that among the 1,546,633 candidates that sat for the 2016 UTME, 145, 704 had issues of multiple results which have been resolved by the board.
“We relocated candidates where the board had challenges. The board is looking at some of the issues raised during the examination but most of the excuses raised by candidates are flimsy,” he said.
“We relocated about 59, 000 candidates due to the problems in various centres which vary from town to town. There are about 59,000 of them spread across 15 states of the federation.
“Those that were relocated never suffered any setback or …Read More
Source:: PM Newspaper
