Registrar
of the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu
Ojerinde, has disclosed that over one million candidates have registered
for the 2013 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), with
about half that number expected to further register.Ojerinde made this
known on Saturday, at a press conference in Lagos, while outlining the
achievements of the board, especially the e-testing method that will
debut this year.
According to Ojerinde, JAMB had secured 77 centres where the Computer-Based Testing (CBT) would be held.
Accoring
to him, the CBT was not compulsory, as every candidate would have the
opportunity to choose either the paper-pencil testing (PPT) or the
dual-based testing (DBT), where candidates would read the question on
the computer and answer on the paper with pencil.
He,
however, noted that by 2015, the CBT would become mandatory for all
candidates, adding that out of the over one million registered
candidates, only about 4,000 had registered for the CBT so far.
“The
idea is that 30 minutes after a candidate has finished his or her
examinations and left the hall, a graphical result of the test will be
sent to the candidate’s phone, while the specific scores will be
released in four days.
“By
graphical result, I mean a text will be sent to the candidate stating
the subjects he or she passed averagely, which is between 50 per cent
and 59; above average 60 and above; and below average, which is 49 and
below,” Ojerinde said.
The
PPT and DBT would be held on April 27, after which if the PPT and DBT
centres become exhausted, other candidates would have no other option
but to take the CBT.
The
JAMB boss also reiterated the examination body’s resolve to encourage
reading culture among Nigerian students, by ensuring every candidate
read, at least, two books, with questions to be set from them.
TalkOfNaija
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