The
Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq
Oloyede, on Wednesday said the board may reduce the timeline for the Unified
Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) from three hours to two hours.
Similarly, Use of English that used to have 100 questions will be reduced to 60 questions while the other subjects will be reduced to 40 questions each.
He further stated that question papers will be uploaded five minutes to the examinations in order to check malpractice and questions leakage.
He made this known during the Strategic Planning retreat on Supervision and Evaluation of 2017 UTME examinations.
Similarly, Use of English that used to have 100 questions will be reduced to 60 questions while the other subjects will be reduced to 40 questions each.
He further stated that question papers will be uploaded five minutes to the examinations in order to check malpractice and questions leakage.
He made this known during the Strategic Planning retreat on Supervision and Evaluation of 2017 UTME examinations.
He
said: “As for the 2017 UTME, it is likely we reduce the duration of the
examinations. We are looking at two hours for the examinations instead of the
present three-hour timeline. This is in line with international best practices.
“As for the candidates, for their age, the maximum time they can sit for examinations is two hours. Even in terms of international standard, for primary school pupils, the maximum time for examinations is between 45 minutes and one hour.”
“As for the candidates, for their age, the maximum time they can sit for examinations is two hours. Even in terms of international standard, for primary school pupils, the maximum time for examinations is between 45 minutes and one hour.”
He
said JAMB has embraced new technology which will make the UTME comfortable to
write by students in privileged environment and those in rural areas.
He equally confirmed that about 300,000 candidates might sit for the mock UTME examinations on April 8 which will be used to test run its new technology to make its examinations easier for students.
He equally confirmed that about 300,000 candidates might sit for the mock UTME examinations on April 8 which will be used to test run its new technology to make its examinations easier for students.
JAMB Scraps The Use Of Mouse WhileThey Adopts The Use of The “Eight-Key Device” System For 2017 CBT Exam
In order to deal with the
challenge of computer low level literacy of some candidates, especially with
the phobia for the mouse, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB has
disclosed that it will adopt an “eight-key device” for the 2017 UTME.
Speaking during the Strategic
Planning retreat on Supervision and Evaluation of 2017 UTME examinations the
JAMB Registrar noted that in order to ensure equity and level playground for
all candidates taking the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, the Board
has designed a system that will allow candidates use only eight (8) keys
without the use of the mouse.
All the candidates need to do is to press the letters A,B,C,D for responses (answers) to questions and keys P, N, S and R representing different functions as follows:
All the candidates need to do is to press the letters A,B,C,D for responses (answers) to questions and keys P, N, S and R representing different functions as follows:
P = Previous question
N = Next question
S = Submit responses when
candidate has finished examination
R = Reverse (do not intend to go
further to submit again)
According to him, this new method
will eradicate the challenge of low computer literacy and phobia for mouse by
some candidates.
On the new arrangements for the
visually impaired candidates, the JAMB Registrar said Digital Bridge Institute
in partnership with the board has agreed to set up three dedicated centres in
Abuja, Lagos and Kano in 2018.
But for the 2017 UTME, board has
reached an understanding with the association for the blind persons in Nigeria
and blind students in Lagos that an abridged approach would be used for the
2017 UTME, whereby all prospective blind candidates would be invited to three
centres in the country for special assessment in their subjects of choice and
relevance to their desired courses and programmes.
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