The Joint Admissions
and Matriculation Board ( JAMB) on
Wednesday said no fewer than 1. 4
million candidates nationwide would
write the 2015 All Computer Base Test
( CBT) on March 4 .
JAMB Public Relations Officer , Fabian
Benjamin , told the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN ) in Lagos that the board
would be migrating all to computer-
based mode of examination for the first
time .
The Registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde , had
in the last few years, sensitised
secondary schools students on the
computer -based mode of test effective
from 2015 .
NAN reports that prior to this time ,
candidates have been writing either of
the CBT as the Paper Pencil Test ( PPT)
or the Dual Based Test ( DBT) mode of
the Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination (UTME ).
Benjamin said JAMB is impressed with
the number of candidates that have
registered for the March examination.
“ I want to say that we are expecting no
fewer than 1 .4 million candidates that
will be attempting the examination in
all computer -based mode of
examination, commencing from this
year .
“ We are also happy to announce that
we also have enough centres that will
match the number of candidates that
will be writing the examination.
“ We have gone round to all the centres
to assess the level of preparedness of
the centres we intend to use for the
examination and that they have all met
the standard.
“ I can assure that JAMB is fully ready
for take -off of the examination as all
logistics to ensure a successful
outcome of the examination are fully on
ground.
“ We urge candidates to be fully
prepared, avail themselves of the
opportunity of practising with the
computer on their own .
“ There is nothing strange about writing
the examination through this mode and
their normal telephone usage, ’’
Benjamin said .
He urged public spirited individuals and
corporate organisations to invest in
CBT by way of building and equipping
more centres.
The JAMB spokesman said that the
West African Examinations Council
( WAEC) , the National Examinations
Council ( NECO) and other examination
bodies would soon be migrating to the
computer -based examination mode
soon .
“ There is no going back on the issue of
CBT for examination as a body , so we
are optimistic that soon this will apply
to other sister examination bodies .
“ One thing we are currently excited
about on our own as a board is that
currently, we have commenced
exporting the CBT technology for
examination to other parts of the world.
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