The Joint Admission and
\nMatriculation Board (JAMB) said on Monday that its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) would be computer-based from 2015.
\nThe JAMB Registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, said this in Akure at an advocacy campaign on the advantages of the Computer-Based Test (CBT).
\nAccording to the registrar, \u201cany person who can use the mobile phone can also take part in the test.\u2019\u2019
\nOjerinde said that candidates in the 2014 UTME could still choose between CBT and the normal \u201cpencil and paper\u2019\u2019 method.
\n\u201cAfter 2014, there will be no option for any candidate to choose again. CBT is the key. The world is changing and technology has reached an advanced stage.
\n\u201cThe way to go now is technology. If we don\u2019t want to remain in the same place,\u2019\u2019 he said.
\nOjerinde, who said that there were enough facilities for the CBT in Ondo state, also made it clear that candidates who chose to write the next UTME in the state would have no option than the CBT.
\n\u201cWith the FUTA Centre, the Adeyemi College of Education (ACE), Ondo and the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic , Owo, there is no reason for anybody to write UTME by the PTP (Pen-To-Paper),\u2019\u2019 he said.
\nOjerinde said that the board would encourage candidates in Akure and environs to take the CBT because of facilities at FUTA, Adeyemi College of Education (ACE), Ondo and Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo,
\nThe registrar assured that the exam would be free from hackers \u201cbecause the board will not go through the server of another institution.\u2019\u2019
\nNo fewer than 100 secondary school students from 10 schools in Akure sat for a mock version of the CBT at the Information and Technology Resource Centre, Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA).
\nImmediately after the test all the candidates got their results before they logged out of the system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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