No More JAMB PPT, CBT All Through In 2015.

There will be no more JAMB Paper Pencil Test (PPT) by 2015 UTME.
Professor Ojerinde said there was no going back on the plan to
completely phase out of the traditional Paper Pencil Test (PPT) by
2015.

Full details as reported by Tribune Newspaper:
"We are not going back to PPT anymore. This is the end to PPT in the
country. PPT was full of fraud, malpractices, logistic problems and
insecurity; so, we do not want to go back to it. We now have a
solution with the introduction of CBT. We are forging ahead with it,"
he said.

He listed some of the gains of CBT to include zero tolerance to
examination malpractice, cost effectiveness and instant release of
results.
Ojerinde lamented that over 98 vehicles were used by the board in the
distribution of examination materials to the various centres this year
– a development he noted does not guarantee the security of test
materials.

On how prepared JAMB is to go fully computer-based, Ojerinde disclosed
that there were over 156 CBT centres nationwide; 10 of them personally
built by the board.
To ease the board's transition to e-testing by 2015, the Federal
Government has pledged to construct world standard CBT centres in each
of the 109 senatorial districts in the country.
The Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, made the
Federal Government's commitment known in Abuja on Friday while
inaugurating the model CBT centre built by JAMB at the cost of over
N150 million.
He said that President Goodluck Jonathan had pledged his
administration's readiness to fully support JAMB to ensure that the
project succeeds, as part of his government's transformation.
Wike also called on the state governors to build at least a CBT centre
in each of the local government areas, while also encouraging the
private sector to participate in the construction of additional test
centres across the country.
He urged other public examination bodies in the country to take a cue
from JAMB in order to improve on test administration.
"The JAMB experience is already a model in Africa and has become a
national pride, which can proudly be showcased to the world.
"It is, therefore, incumbent on the board to do everything possible to
maintain the standard already set with the introduction of CBT in
large scale assessment," he said.

Source: NGScholars

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