Candidates Without ICT Knowledge Should Forget JAMB – Registrar

THE Registrar of Joint Admission and Matriculation
Board, JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde has stated that
students and candidates who are not computer literate
will not be allowed to write any examination coordinated
by the board from 2015.
JAMB Cut-Off Marks 2014-2015, JAMB
Admission Deadline for 2014
Meantime, the Senate President, Senator David Mark and
the JAMB Registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde have harped on
the importance of proper education among the youths,
saying it was the panacea to curb youth restiveness and
other social vices in a country.
Mark, Ojerinde harps on Education as antidote to
nation’s woes.
The attributed the myriads of problems like the recent
insurgency in the Nort East, the militancy in the Niger
Delta, the kidnapping in the South East and other crimes
such as violence, armed robbery and drug abuse as a
result of illiteracy.
The JAMB Registrar who was speaking at the closing
ceremony of the 2014 Professor Odusola Ojerinde, his
late wife memorial golf tournament in Otukpo, Benue
State said part of efforts to improve education in Nigeria
in line with global best practices was the introduction of
Computer Based Test, CBT, for all the board’s
examinations.
He announced that beginning from 2015, any student or
candidate who was not computer (ICT) literate would
have no business with JAMB conducted examinations
even as he declared, “we are not going to compromise on
that”.
In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Senate
President, Mr. Paul Mumeh, the JAM Registrar said it was
for that reason that JAMB embarked on the
establishment of Computer Based Centres across the
country preparatory for all its examinations.
He stressed that examination was central to education
and must be taken seriously at all levels.
Also speaking Senator Mark said he was committed to the
development of education, adding, “because I believe
that a well educated citizenry would be an asset to the
nation.
“Besides being the foundation for any development,
education liberates the people and curbs all forms anti
social behaviors.
“Whatever, I can do to support education; I will not
hesitate to do it. I want to bequeath education of our
people especially in my constituency as a legacy. For me ,
It is the most important investment.’
The Senate President according to the statement
explained that he promotes sports as the needed
companion to education “because a combination of both
will enhance peaceful coexistence, eradicates crimes,
promotes unity and development.”