PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has
endorsed the Computer Based Test (CBT)
introduced by the Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board (JAMB) in the
conduct of her Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Jonathan who was said to have thumbed
up the progress made so far by the
Board in administering her test through
Computer Based Test (CBT) and the
consolidation efforts of the new
examination regime was optimistic that
the introduction would revolutionize the
education sector.
Public Relations Officer of JAMB, Mr.
Fabian Benjamin in a statement in
Abuja on Wednesday night said that the
President who dropped this hint at The
Netherlands (Holland) when he met with
the officials of thecountry’s
examination body otherwise called CITO
and JAMB, pointed out that his
administration places much premium on
qualitative education, expansion of
access and making the sector a model
among comity of great nations.
He promised to ensure that the Board
has enough centres to conduct the
Computer Based Test.
He stressed the need for closer
collaboration with the CITO whom he said
has garnered over ten (10) years
experience in the conduct of e-testing
and other forms of electronic
innovations in the administration of
public examinations.
The Registrar of JAMB, Professor ‘Dibu
Ojerinde while briefing the President at
the gathering noted that the
collaboration has put the Board in a
better pedestrian to administer the test
saying that though the experience has
not been without challenges but the
Board was poised to confront the
challenges frontally and convert the
seemingly challenges to opportunities. He
explained to the President that last year
the Board had about Fifty-Five (55)
centres with only about a hundred
thounsand candidates for the Computer
Based Test. However, with the success of
the test last year more of the UTME
candidates have indicated interest in
the CBT. He said the exercise this year
will be taking place in about One
Hundred and Fifty-Three (153) Centres
with over Six Hundred Thousand
candidates across the nation.
Professor Ojerinde pointed out that the
wind of change is on and Nigeria being a
leading country in Africa cannot be left
out, even as he said that other African
countries like Tanzania has partnered
with JAMB on Item Response Theory
(IRT) training and to study the JAMB
experience for their country adoption
and trials for Computer Based Test
(CBT).
The Computer Based Test (CBT) was
introduced by JAMB in its determination
to sanitize the sector and curb hydra-
dreaded monsters such as examination
malpractice, result black-out or
incomplete results and other unethical
behaviours capable of undermining the
Paper Pencil Test hitherto conducted by
the Board.
The paperless test also enhances prompt
release of raw score, greater
standardization of test administration,
is reliable, flexible, simple to administer
and eliminates high cost of logistics and
hectic planning for the examination
endorsed the Computer Based Test (CBT)
introduced by the Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board (JAMB) in the
conduct of her Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Jonathan who was said to have thumbed
up the progress made so far by the
Board in administering her test through
Computer Based Test (CBT) and the
consolidation efforts of the new
examination regime was optimistic that
the introduction would revolutionize the
education sector.
Public Relations Officer of JAMB, Mr.
Fabian Benjamin in a statement in
Abuja on Wednesday night said that the
President who dropped this hint at The
Netherlands (Holland) when he met with
the officials of thecountry’s
examination body otherwise called CITO
and JAMB, pointed out that his
administration places much premium on
qualitative education, expansion of
access and making the sector a model
among comity of great nations.
He promised to ensure that the Board
has enough centres to conduct the
Computer Based Test.
He stressed the need for closer
collaboration with the CITO whom he said
has garnered over ten (10) years
experience in the conduct of e-testing
and other forms of electronic
innovations in the administration of
public examinations.
The Registrar of JAMB, Professor ‘Dibu
Ojerinde while briefing the President at
the gathering noted that the
collaboration has put the Board in a
better pedestrian to administer the test
saying that though the experience has
not been without challenges but the
Board was poised to confront the
challenges frontally and convert the
seemingly challenges to opportunities. He
explained to the President that last year
the Board had about Fifty-Five (55)
centres with only about a hundred
thounsand candidates for the Computer
Based Test. However, with the success of
the test last year more of the UTME
candidates have indicated interest in
the CBT. He said the exercise this year
will be taking place in about One
Hundred and Fifty-Three (153) Centres
with over Six Hundred Thousand
candidates across the nation.
Professor Ojerinde pointed out that the
wind of change is on and Nigeria being a
leading country in Africa cannot be left
out, even as he said that other African
countries like Tanzania has partnered
with JAMB on Item Response Theory
(IRT) training and to study the JAMB
experience for their country adoption
and trials for Computer Based Test
(CBT).
The Computer Based Test (CBT) was
introduced by JAMB in its determination
to sanitize the sector and curb hydra-
dreaded monsters such as examination
malpractice, result black-out or
incomplete results and other unethical
behaviours capable of undermining the
Paper Pencil Test hitherto conducted by
the Board.
The paperless test also enhances prompt
release of raw score, greater
standardization of test administration,
is reliable, flexible, simple to administer
and eliminates high cost of logistics and
hectic planning for the examination
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