House of Reps Orders JAMB To Revert To Paper-Pencil Test

The agitations from candidates may have started
yielding fruits as the House of Representatives
has asked the Federal Ministry of Education to
direct the Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board (JAMB) to revert to pencil-paper method
in the conduct of UTME or adopt both PPT and
CBT so that candidates can opt for any one of
their choice.
This followed a motion moved by a lawmaker
from Lagos State, Mr. Oghene Emma-Egoh, on
the "conflicting" scores of candidates who took
the examination.
The law maker stressed that the technical errors
experiences during the examination has
invariably dashed the hopes of many of these
candidates in gaining admission this year.

The law maker further pointed to two cases of
conflicting results. One is that of Ibrahim
Shawulu from Kogi State, who was said to have
scored 399 out of 400, and in less than 24 hours
his score was reduced to 199."
Another is that of Foluke, the 17-year-old girl in
Ejigbo-Lagos, who scored an aggregate of 156
and when the result was checked again she had
an aggregate of 196."
Based on these and other technical flaws that
marred the conduct of the 2016 UTME, the
house of Representatives is of the opinion that
JAMB does not have what it takes to manage
the Computer Based Test.
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