The Joint Admission Matriculation Board
has made known to the general public
that the body is working with the
possibility of conducting a “mock
examination” not only to test its
preparedness with the new technology,
but also to examine some people that are
desirous of knowing their competence with
the JAMB examination.
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the JAMB Registrar
on Tuesday while briefing the press after a
meeting with the stake holders said that
the body would soon commence the sale
of the application form for the 2017
Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination
(UTME).
Over 1.7 million candidates are expected
register and sit for the Computer Based
Test (CBT) across the country, adding
that they are also increasing the capacity
of the CBT centres to maximise their
effectiveness to examine more candidates
within a given date.
According to him “We are expecting 1.7
million candidates and we want to make
sure we satisfy these candidates within a
week or there about. That is why we are
increasing the capacity of the Computer
Based Test centres to be able to examine
more candidates within a given date
“If we are talking about 1.5 million
candidates, it means that in a given day
about 60,000 or 70,000 candidates will
take the examination.
“We have invited stakeholders to critique
the process because we don’t want to go
in the wrong direction. We are creating
some ICT facilities and we want our
stakeholders, prospective candidates,
respected scholars, institutions, civil
societies to come together and critique
what we are doing, so that we can be
sure, before we go too far in a wrong
direction.
“This is with a view of harvesting good
ideas that could improve what we are
doing. We thought we are coming here to
get dismantled, all we have put together,
but what we are having are cheers that
we can do it this way, or amend it that
way.
“I must be frank with you, I cannot
promise hitch free examination because
we are testing certain things. We are
changing certain things. We want to
question the status quo and of course, we
expect a fight back by interest that will be
trampled upon.
“We are going to be as sincere as
possible in the direction we are going. We
are going to be as flexible as humanly
possible. We are not promising hitch free
examination.
“We envisaged that there will be hitches
here and there, but they will not be
insurmountable. Rather than promising the
nation hitch free examination, we will be
promising a direction we will all be
pleased with.
“Initially there might be hiccups and of
course one would not have been
appointed if it is routine. I believe that I
have been given a very difficult job and
that is why I’m promising that it will be
all smooth,” Oloyede said.
