» House Of Reps Orders JAMB To Revert To Paper-Pencil Test «

The agitations from candidates may have started yielding
fruits as the House of Representatives has asked the
Federal Ministry of Education to direct the Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to revert to
pencil-paper method in the conduct of UTME or adopt both
PPT and CBT so that candidates can opt for any one of
their choice.
This followed a motion moved by a lawmaker from Lagos
State, Mr. Oghene Emma-Egoh, on the “conflicting” scores
of candidates who took the examination.
The law maker stressed that the technical errors
experiences during the examination has invariably dashed
the hopes of many of these candidates in gaining
admission this year.
The law maker further pointed to two cases of conflicting
results. One is that of Ibrahim Shawulu from Kogi State,
who was said to have scored 399 out of 400, and in less
than 24 hours his score was reduced to 199.”
Another is that of Foluke, the 17-year-old girl in Ejigbo-
Lagos, who scored an aggregate of 156 and when the result
was checked again she had an aggregate of 196.”
Based on these and other technical flaws that marred the
conduct of the 2016 UTME, the house of Representatives is
of the opinion that JAMB does not have what it takes to
manage the Computer Based Test.