Education
2015 JAMB To Last For Two Weeks
Unlike previous Joint
Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examinations, which took place in a day, this year’s christened Computer-Based Test (CBT), will last for about two weeks.
The Zonal Coordinator, JAMB, Rivers State, Mrs Beatrice Etta-Nyiam, gave this hint in an exclusive interview with The Tide in her office, recently.
According to her, this is due to the fact that all the candidates registered in Rivers State, for instance, will write the Computer-Based Test examination in the approved eight centres.
She explained that there are more candidates than there are examination centres, hence “the best thing to do will be to group the number of candidates into days within the two weeks that the CBT examination is expected to take place.”
The eight approved centres for the CBT examination according to her, are Rivers State University of Science and Technology, (RSUST), University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), Rivers State Polytechnic (Rivpoly), Federal College of Education, Technical, Omoku, Ignatus Ajuru University of Education (IAUOC), Rivers State College of Arts and Science and two others.
The test, which was tentatively to commence on March 4, 2015, is likely to be postponed due to logistics and security reasons.
The River State Commissioner for Education, Dr Peters Nwagor has called on media practitioners in Rivers State to deploy their various communication platforms toward promoting government programmes and policies aimed at achieving sustainable development in the education sector. Dr. Nwagor made the appeal when members of the Etche Ethnic Practicing Journalists (EEPJ) paid him a courtesy visit in Office in Port Harcourt. The Commissioner emphasized the strategic role of the media in shaping public perception, promoting government initiatives, and supporting policies capable of improving the quality of education and human capital development in the state. According to him, constructive media engagement remains essential in creating public awareness on educational reforms, students’ welfare, infrastructural improvements, and other interventions being implemented by the state government. Speaking on the recent appro
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