THE Federal Government has announced plans for the gradual phase out
of the use of paper-pencil and paper-pen in the conduct of public
examinations in the country.
Minister of Education, Professor
Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa’i, who made this known on Thursday in Abuja, said
this old system would give way for computer-based test.
She
spoke at the flag-off ceremony for the introduction of computer-based
test by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) beginning
from the 2013 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Professor
Rufa’i said the e-testing was aimed at ensuring 100 per cent
elimination of all forms of examination malpractices that had been the
major challenge in the conduct of public examinations in the country.
According
to her, e-testing was part of the ongoing transformation in the
education sector, stressing that the computer-based test would be
extended to the National Examination Council (NECO) and West African
Examination Council Examinations by 2015.
She, however, noted
that because of the low level of knowledge in computer in the country,
the e-testing for UTME would go on side by side with the traditional
paper-pencil test.
The minister further said tht the benefits
of the e-testing was enormous, adding that “CBT will help to ensure
prompt delivery of raw scores, eliminate cases of incomplete result as
well as reduce result blackout.”
She said: “It will be in the
best interest of our students in the country because it is a system
whereby a student will press a button and see his or her score after
examination. We are aiming at transforming the education sector between
now and 2015 and part of the effort is to look into the quality and
access to education.”
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