INFORMATION NIGERIA Nigeria's No.1 Information Portal The House of Representatives has directed the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to suspend its newly introduced computer-based test (CBT) for the 2013 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) scheduled for Saturday, April 27.
The lawmakers have therefore asked JAMB to revert to its paper and pencil-based examinations. They cited inadequate sensitisation and preparation, as well as lack of necessary infrastructure in secondary schools as reasons for arriving at the decision.
The House equally summoned the Minister of Education, Professor Rukayyatu Rufa’i and the Registrar of JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, to provide explanations on what it tagged, “policy somersault” in view of the CBT introduced by the board. The duo is also expected to explain the law through which they derived the powers to contract out the conduct of examinations to private firms.
The resolution was as a result of a motion moved under matters of urgent public importance by Honourable Aliyu Madaki, where he kicked against the development. The lawmaker in his motion argued that there was no justifiable reason behind the change in take-off of the policy from 2013 to 2015, stating that the firms to which the exercise was contracted to were also yet to be made public.
Introducing E-test is reducing stress and then is part of new development of study now we are in computer world everything now is computerize so we need it especially we in Borno so please just live it to does that need it.
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In my opinion, they should not have stopped it the way they did. The way JAMB was trying to bring it in phases is the right thing to do. Where a few number of students will sit for the computer based while others go with the paper based. Like that JAMB will learn from how it worked or failed. The politicians will always want to do their way of things, but I suppose they got it wrong now.
If I am not wrong, one of the reasons for halting the process has to do with the contracting out of the technology involved. This can be investigated for any wrong doing without affecting the current sets of students. They also talked of the publicity of the whole thing. I am sure that many of the prospective students are aware of what is in place for them and what choice they had (paper based/CBT not compulsorily one). Another argument might be that some students and even teachers are not “computer literate” enough. I will not agree with the computer literacy thing. How much training did same students need to do Facebook?
When you start something new and create an enabling situation, people will grow into it. Many people will get bring up ideas from it and potentially create job for people like those guys in pass1time.com where students can practice free CBT questions. Even when students don’t have laptops they can do it in cybercafe.
I’ll encourage people to see the Pass1time project. It is a good idea even for guys taking post-UME or other kind of CBT exams.
Thanks.
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national house of asemblies should begin to discuss isues that would be felt by the general mass such job creation’coruption free governance’security guarantee and leave issues which can change educations setor for good or as the best practices in public offices is currption then examination malpratice should also remain in the education setor permenently? which is not possible.
My say is that before things like CBT can come into existence in Nigeria, there are some certain conditions that has to be met. There must be regular if not 24 hrs electricity supply, there must be much centres that can cater for alot of students at a go. Dr. Babs writes from edubabs.com
to my own point of view i think bringing up a NEW SYSTEM OF CBT is not for the improvement in educational field for students but its the cunny in which JAMB wants to use to reduce the no of people who are ought to be offerred admmission in 2013/2014. just this and nothing more!!!!
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