Bwari (FCT)-The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said on Wednesday that the use of computer-based test CBT) for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in 2014 had tackled examination malpractice among other benefits.
Mr Fabian Benjamin, Head of Public Relations of the board, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bwari, FCT, that people complaining about it should learn to embrace it for improved standard.
“We are looking forward to education being what it used to be, because we are going back to the 1960 era, we are going back to the 1970 era, to the 1980 era.
“Education in Nigeria used to be the best competing with other countries globally; with CBT now, we have been able to curb exam malpractice.
“Once exam malpractice is not there, our education will be on a sound footing; as CBT is concerned I don’t think we had any challenge last year.
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“The only challenge was the issue of the phobia by Nigerians over the CBT, but we have been able to overcome that and they are beginning to see that this is not as complex as they thought.
“We are getting very impressive responses from the candidates, from parents and other stakeholders, so by the grace of God this exam is going to be a success.
“We are working with security agencies and they have been giving us assurance, moreover our examination is after election, we believe that before we start, it would have come and gone.
“The CBT examination is only one-day examination; it is beginning on March 4, and it will run for two weeks.
“Depending on the number of candidates that are available to write the exam and the facilities that are ground, but it is commencing on March 4.”
He said that the 2015 election would not hinder the conduct of the 2015 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) as strategic measures were put on ground to avoid hitches.
Benjamin commended the partnership between West African Examination Council in Ghana and JAMB on the introduction of CBT to administer the exam, saying it was an achievement in 2014.
According to him, since its introduction in 2013 it has curbed the problem of incomplete result and missing scripts.
He said that the use of the CBT in administering public examination wwas also line with global best practices. (NAN).