No More Paper Pencil Tests (PPT) by 2015

The Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board (JAMB) has
phased out its Paper Pencil Test (PPT)
mode effective from 2015 academic
year. The Board which conducted its
2014 version of its examination in three modes namely Paper Pencil Test,
(PPT) Computer Based Test (CBT) and
Dual Based Test (DBT) said the CBT
was more cost-effective and
“promotes transparency”.
Registrar and Chief Executive of JAMB,
Prof Dibu Ojerinde, while briefing
jounalists in Abuja yesterday argued
that distribution of examination
( naijamod.com) question and answer sheets to
various states in the federation was very challenging. He stressed that PPT
enhanced examination
malpractices.
Ojerinde, who spoke at the
commissioning of a model Computer
Based Test (CBT) centre in Kogo
Bwari, said to be built at the cost of
over N150million maintained: “We are
not going back to PPT anymore, this is the end to PPT in the country, PPT was
full of fraud, malpractice it is full of
logistic problems and full of 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.” According to him, over
98 vehicles were being used by the
Board to distribute examination
materials to the various examination centres in the country.
This, he said, did not guarantee the
security of the materials. He added
that there were over 156 CBT centres,
nationwide, including ten that were
built by the Board. Any candidate
who involves in multiple registration, Ojerinde said, would be banned for
three years.
Commissioning the centre,
Supervising Minister of Education,
Barr. Nyesom Wike, urged other
public examination bodies in the
country to follow the precedence
being laid by JAMB “in order to synergise the administration of public
examinations in Nigeria.”
The minister also pledged federal
government’s assistance to
complement the existing centres in
the country; adding that government intended to review the educational curriculum so as to produce graduates that could create jobs and add value to the economy.
“The JAMB experience is already a
model in Africa and has become a
national pride which can proudly be show-cased to the world. “It is
therefore necessary that the Board
should do everything possible to maintain the standard already set with the introduction of CBT in large scale assessment,” the minister
added.