House Of Rep Says Jamb Will Take Back The Era Of Paper-pencil Text

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.... The House of Representatives on Thursday asked the Federal Ministry of Education to immediately direct the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board[JAMB]to return to the former pencil-paper method in conducting examinations for candidates seeking admission into tertiary institutions.
The House said “technical flaws” recorded in the latest computer-based Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination [UTME] had exposed JAMB’s lack of capacity to handle the computer- based tests. In the alternative, the House directed JAMB to conduct computer-based tests and pencil-paper examinations “simultaneously for candidates to opt for anyone of their choice.”
The resolution was passed after a lawmaker from Lagos State, Mr. Oghene Emma-Egoh, had moved a motion on the “conflicting” scores of candidates who took the examination. He noted that besides the conflicting scores resulting from the technical flaws, it was obvious that many candidates could not pass the examination for the simple reason that they were not computer-literate.
He said, “The House is worried that already, serious admission problem is rocking the nation because JAMB receives huge allocation from the Federal Government, they charge candidates all manner of fees and majority of the candidates do not gain admission because of the technical hitches of the CBT…”
The lawmaker cited the case of one Ibrahim Shawulu from Kogi State, who scored 399 out of 400, “but in less than 24 hours another result surfaced reducing Shawulu’s score to 199” and many other such sham.
Emma-Egoh also recalled many reported cases of computers “malfunctioning, leading to outright shut down” and jeopardising the admission chances of the candidates.

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