Federal Government Re-considering the bringing back Paper based Test for UTME.

Just two years after the Joint Admission and
Matriculation Board (JAMB), phased out paper and
pencil examination mode, indications have
emerged that the Federal Government might
consider the re-introduction of the mode in the
conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination (UTME).
The reversal may be informed by the need to
carter for the interest of vast number of
candidates who are not computer literate and
living in remote locations but had to comply with the Computer- Based Test (CBT).
Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, gave
this indication yesterday in Abuja when he visited
some centres in the FCT to monitor the ongoing
UTME being conducted by JAMB.
Adamu, however, said he was satisfied with the
conduct of the CBT mode of the examination so far, noting that he was glad the Board has addressed most of his concerns and other Nigerians.
Meanwhile, Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of
JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, has disclosed that
over 200,000 candidates results have been released
since the examination commenced on Saturday.
He said candidates, who had sat for the examination, were at liberty to visit the website
and source their results.
More than 1.85million applied to take the
examination, nationwide in 2016.
The figures however, recorded a slight increase of
113,673 applicants (1.47million) candidates who
applied for the examination in 2015.
Well, it seems the complaints is more than the praise.