JAMB Sets April 12 For Exam
THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has scheduled this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination for April 12 and May 17.
The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, said on Thursday that paper-pencil test would hold on April 12 while computer-based test would hold on May 17,2014, across 2,000 centres.
According to him, the examination will be paper- pencil-based as well as computer-based.
“We are ready for the examination even now; however we will give them time until April 12.
“We are going to do the PPT on April 12 all over the country, but the CBT will start on May 17, and it will continue for 12 days.
“In any case, we are prepared; we have 300 centres for CBT while we have 2000 centres for PPT.
“This is the last time we are going to do PPT; it will be all CBT next year, we want education to move forward, one of the ways of moving it forward is to eradicate examination malpractices.
“That is our ambition and Nigeria will join the comity of nations in terms of technological development.”
Ojerinde enjoined candidates to study hard to be able to pass.
The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, said on Thursday that paper-pencil test would hold on April 12 while computer-based test would hold on May 17,2014, across 2,000 centres.
According to him, the examination will be paper- pencil-based as well as computer-based.
“We are ready for the examination even now; however we will give them time until April 12.
“We are going to do the PPT on April 12 all over the country, but the CBT will start on May 17, and it will continue for 12 days.
“In any case, we are prepared; we have 300 centres for CBT while we have 2000 centres for PPT.
“This is the last time we are going to do PPT; it will be all CBT next year, we want education to move forward, one of the ways of moving it forward is to eradicate examination malpractices.
“That is our ambition and Nigeria will join the comity of nations in terms of technological development.”
Ojerinde enjoined candidates to study hard to be able to pass.
Source: PUNCH
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