Students decry JAMB Computer Based Test

Students participating in the ongoing Joint Admission
Matriculation examinations ( JAMB) and Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination ( UTME) have called on the examination
body to review the use of computers due to poor networks and
slow servers.
According to Taofiq Oladimeji , who lamented the situation,
students were unable to attempt enough questions due to
insufficient time allowed and poor network system .
“JAMB registrar Prof. Dibu Ojerinde and supervisor of Universal
White Hall College , Mrs . Temilola Adeliyi and all other Computer
Based Test ( CBT) centres must do something about this , ” he said .
Oladimeji observed that students at the said examination centre
were allowed only 45 minutes to write 4 papers instead of 3 hours
and 45 minutes .
According to him: “ There should be a retake or cancellation of the
ongoing CBT examinations because the centre ’s server was very
slow and there was
constant shut- down of the whole computers during the
examination due to drag in the network or malfunctioning of the
computers.
“As a result of that, the students couldn ’t answer their questions
and they were told to leave .”
Similarly , another situation was reported at the Chamcity centre
on Isaac John Street, Ikeja GRA area of Lagos state.
It was reported that there students had to wait for long hours and
were worn out as at the time they were to sit for the examination .
A female student who simply identified as Bisola told The Nation
that students whose examination was slated for 6am could not do
the examination until 10am.
“There were many computers at our centre but they were still not
enough and the network was not supportive , ” she recounted.
Bisola’s examination that was to take over 3hours to write was
delayed for about 8hours – from 10am till 6pm in the evening .
“I just did what I could because I was tired as at that time that
they said we should come in for the examination , ” she lamented .
She called on the examination body to improve the use of
computers, locations and examination timing especially for young
students who were given examination centres far from their home
states.