JAMB Sells Over 1.6 Million JAMB Forms Ahead Of 2013 JAMB UTME
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculations
Board (JAMB), on Thursday said over 1.6 million forms had been purchased
for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME)
scheduled for April.
The Public Relations Officer of the
Board, Mr Fabian Benjamin, said this in a telephone interview with the
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
Benjamin told NAN that of the figure,
90.000 candidates would be tested with the newly introduced Computer
Based Test (CBT) and Dual Based Test (DBT).
He said that already, the board had put
in place strategies that would ensure a hitch free examination across
the 3,000 centres nationwide.
According to him, the sale of forms is
expected to end on Friday March 15, while the website used for the sale
will be closed on March 24.
“We have concluded arrangements for the
takeoff of the 2013 UTME examination which will commence on April 27,
for candidates for the Pencil Paper Test (PPT).
“We are currently trying to adjust the
examination date for the Computer Based Test (CBT) and Dual Based Test
(DBT) candidates because the date for coincides with the 2013 May/June
WAEC and NECO examination dates.
“I cannot say precisely when it will
take place for now until we are through with the adjustment so that it
does not cause any clash for the candidates but as soon as this is
achieved, we shall communicate to all those concerned,” he said.
He said that the number of candidates
that had so far applied for this year’s examination was higher than that
of 2012 which, according to him, was put at 1.4 million nationwide.
Benjamin told NAN that the board was
looking forward to a hitch-free examination with an almost zero level of
examination malpractice in view of the logistics that would be
deployed.
“We have written to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, applying for a deployment of their men for the examination.
“We are looking forward to having at
least two of these security officers in each of the centres nationwide,
to ensure a peaceful and hitch-free examination,” Benjamin said.
The PRO noted that with the introduction
of the CBT, there would be no incidence of examination malpractice or
rowdiness which characterised previous examinations.
According to him, candidates sitting for the CBT will have their results promptly released to them after the examination.
“With the introduction of the CBT, there
will be no incidence of examination malpractice, impersonation and
rowdiness that is usually the case with the PPT mode.
“Writing the examination through the CBT is as easy as using one’s phone to make calls.
“With the introduction of the CBT, we
are gradually phasing out the PPT which we expect to be completely
abolished by 2015,” Benjamin said.
He urged candidates to get themselves meaningfully engaged in readiness for the examination.
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