The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Thursday
said its adoption of Computer Based Test (CBT) was to stem the menace of
examination malpractice.
The Kaduna State Coordinator of JAMB, Mr Matthew Audu said this in
Kaduna at a one-day advocacy and sensitisation campaign on the the use
of CBS during Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Audu said the e-testing method would also facilitate faster release of
examination results thereby cutting down on the time “candidates wait
anxiously for results”.
He said the computer testing would release a candidate’s score immediately after the completion and submission of answers.
According to him, the board would phase-out the traditional paper pencil method of examination in 2015.
“By 2015, no candidate will be allowed to write UTME through the
traditional paper pencil method; it will strictly be computer based
test.”
The Coordinator, therefore, advised schools to ensure that their
students were properly trained on the use of computer, to be able to
write the UTME without stress.
100 students from 10 schools wrote a mock UTME during the sensitisation
campaign, to enable them become familiar with the new method of
examination.
One of the students, Oluchi Okoli from FGC, Kaduna said the new system
was more accurate and would eliminate cheating during examinations.
Also, Favour Jonathan from Dambo International School described the e-testing as “transparent”. (NAN)
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