The Supervising Minister of Education, Mr Nyesome Wike, has advised public examination bodies to accept the use of Computer-Based Test (CBT) to conduct examinations. Examiner
The advice was contained in his address at the inauguration of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) CBT centre in Kogo community, Bwari. The minister urged examination bodies to employ the CBT to improve operational standard in conduct of examination in line with international best practice.
“I urge other public examination bodies to embrace the CBT mode in order to synergise the administration of public examination in Nigeria,” he said. “The JAMB experience is already a model in Africa and has become a national pride which can proudly be show-cased to the world.”
The minister commended the board for coming up with the CBT initiative, saying that it should not relent in its efforts to maintain the required qualities.
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