JAMB- No More Pencil And Paper By 2015

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), in an effort to reduce exam malpractice to barest minimum has introduced computer-based examination

Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’I, at the inauguration of the board’s computer-based testing in Abuja, on Thursday, said “This is an effort by JAMB to ensure that we have computer-based testing. The computer based testing has many advantages which includes the elimination of examination malpractice.

“It is our hope that by 2015, all JAMB examinations will be computer-based and students will have their scores instantly.”

Earlier, the JAMB Registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, said the board would construct five testing centres with 150 terminals in five states in 2013.

According to him, candidates will, for now, have the option of using either the paper-pencil or the e-testing option or both for all JAMB-related examinations.