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RSUST Post-JAMB Test VC Allays Computer Fears
The authorities in the Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST) have dispelled fears over the new computer test it introduced for its post University Matriculation Exams.
Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof Barineme Fakae in a telephone chat with The Tide said the computer test was introduced by the school to check malpractice and paper leakages.
Asked whether the test would not be expensive for the student, Prof Fakae said , “it is expensive for us but for the students it is cheap. No student is paying anything.
He submitted that the computer exams was introduced to raise the e’ capacity profile of the university, especially at a time when computer literacy has become a big challenge in high institutions across the country.
Prof Fakae also argued that the exams would aid the applicants in computer knowledge as well.
But while some of the students who applied for the post-Jamb say it would not allow them to be proficient in answering the questions, the VC responded,” you don’t need to know computer. All you need to know is to press the computer and you even need to know how to type”.
The RSUST vice chancellor believed that the computer test has equally checked corruption”, you remember before this time they use to pay N4,000 and N2000 but this time we only asked them to pay just a N1000″.
However, a cross section of students who spoke to the Tide over the development said the computer test was not easy to handle, stating that time allotted was also short.
The Tide investigations reveal that the test was also a way to cut down the number of intakes following National University Commission’s directives on schools not to admit beyond their capacity.
Last year, it was learnt that the Rivers State owned institution absorbed about 2,000 students in umerited admissions.
Meanwhile, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is in lock ahead with universities over the post JAMB tests. The body believes its exams should be the final entrance requirement for admissions..
But universities have refused, saying that they need to screen their in-takes before admission.
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