1.7million candidates expected to sit for 2017 JAMB – Oloyede
The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has said 1.7 million candidates are expected to sit for 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in April.
He said this on Tuesday in Abeokuta at the sideline of the examination body’s Information and Communication Technology retreat involving civil society groups, students and other major stakeholders.
The two -day retreat held within the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library complex in Abeokuta.
He said the JAMB also aimed at increasing the capacities of its Computer Based Test Centres in order to make the April examination seamless.
He said , “We are expecting 1.7 million candidates to sit for the UTME this year and we want to make sure we satisfy these candidates within a week or thereabout.
“That is why we are increasing the capacity of the Computer-Based Test Centres to be able to examine more candidates within a given date.”
Oloyede who said the body would not promise a hitch-free examination, noted that there were changes and innovations ongoing which would send some illegal operators who had defrauded candidates in the past, out of business.
The JAMB boss, however, said the examination body would not be deterred in its mission to serve its candidates better.
The Registrar, Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede disclosed this
on Tuesday at Abeokuta at the sideline of the examination body’s
Information and Communication Technology retreat involving civil society
groups, students and other major stakeholders.
Oloyede said the JAMB also aimed at increasing the capacities of its
Computer Based Test Centres in order to make the April examination
seamless.
He said, “We are expecting 1.7million candidates to sit for JAMB this
year and we want to make sure we satisfy these candidates within a week
or thereabout.
“That is why we are increasing the capacity of the Computer-Based Test
centres to be able to examine more candidates within a given date.”
Oloyede who said the body would not promise a hitch-free examination,
noted that there were changes and innovations ongoing which would send
some illegal operators who had defrauded candidates in the past, out of
business.
The JAMB boss, however, said the examination body would not be deterred
in its mission to serve its candidates better.
He said, “I must be frank with you, I cannot promise a hitch- free
examination because we are testing certain things.
“We are changing certain things. We want to question the status quo and
of course, we expect a fight back by interest that will be trampled
upon.
“We are going to be as sincere as possible in the direction we are
going. We are going to be as flexible as humanly possible. We are not
promising hitch free examination.
“We envisaged that there will be hitches here and there, but they will
not be insurmountable. Rather than promising the nation hitch free
examination, we will be promising a direction we will all be pleased
with.
“Initially there might be hiccups and of course one would not have been
appointed if it is routine. I believe that I have been given a very
difficult job and that is why I am not promising that all will be
smooth.”
He argued that that was why JAMB invited stakeholders to critique its
processes, because it would not want to continue in the wrong direction.
He said, “We are creating some ICT facilities and we want our
stakeholders, prospective candidates, respected scholars, institutions,
civil societies to come together and critique what we are doing, so that
we can be sure, before we go too far in a wrong direction.
“This is a view of harvesting good ideas that could improve what we are
doing.”
He said the CBT had come to stay, as four African countries had
indicated interest to come over to Nigeria to understudy it.
“Of course, I believed that Nigeria is ripe for this (CBT). Nigeria is
more advanced than some of these countries. At least, we have three or
four countries that are observing our examination and they want to go
the way of the conduct of the examination,”he said.
While he said the JAMB would soon commence the sale of its forms for the
2017 UTME, he added that the examination body was also working on the
possibility of conducting a mock examination “for some people who just
want to try on what we are doing.”
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/02/1-7million-candidates-expected-sit-2017-jamb-oloyede/
The Registrar, Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede disclosed this
on Tuesday at Abeokuta at the sideline of the examination body’s
Information and Communication Technology retreat involving civil society
groups, students and other major stakeholders.
Oloyede said the JAMB also aimed at increasing the capacities of its
Computer Based Test Centres in order to make the April examination
seamless.
He said, “We are expecting 1.7million candidates to sit for JAMB this
year and we want to make sure we satisfy these candidates within a week
or thereabout.
“That is why we are increasing the capacity of the Computer-Based Test
centres to be able to examine more candidates within a given date.”
Oloyede who said the body would not promise a hitch-free examination,
noted that there were changes and innovations ongoing which would send
some illegal operators who had defrauded candidates in the past, out of
business.
The JAMB boss, however, said the examination body would not be deterred
in its mission to serve its candidates better.
He said, “I must be frank with you, I cannot promise a hitch- free
examination because we are testing certain things.
“We are changing certain things. We want to question the status quo and
of course, we expect a fight back by interest that will be trampled
upon.
“We are going to be as sincere as possible in the direction we are
going. We are going to be as flexible as humanly possible. We are not
promising hitch free examination.
“We envisaged that there will be hitches here and there, but they will
not be insurmountable. Rather than promising the nation hitch free
examination, we will be promising a direction we will all be pleased
with.
“Initially there might be hiccups and of course one would not have been
appointed if it is routine. I believe that I have been given a very
difficult job and that is why I am not promising that all will be
smooth.”
He argued that that was why JAMB invited stakeholders to critique its
processes, because it would not want to continue in the wrong direction.
He said, “We are creating some ICT facilities and we want our
stakeholders, prospective candidates, respected scholars, institutions,
civil societies to come together and critique what we are doing, so that
we can be sure, before we go too far in a wrong direction.
“This is a view of harvesting good ideas that could improve what we are
doing.”
He said the CBT had come to stay, as four African countries had
indicated interest to come over to Nigeria to understudy it.
“Of course, I believed that Nigeria is ripe for this (CBT). Nigeria is
more advanced than some of these countries. At least, we have three or
four countries that are observing our examination and they want to go
the way of the conduct of the examination,”he said.
While he said the JAMB would soon commence the sale of its forms for the
2017 UTME, he added that the examination body was also working on the
possibility of conducting a mock examination “for some people who just
want to try on what we are doing.”
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/02/1-7million-candidates-expected-sit-2017-jamb-oloyede/
The Registrar, Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede disclosed this
on Tuesday at Abeokuta at the sideline of the examination body’s
Information and Communication Technology retreat involving civil society
groups, students and other major stakeholders.
Oloyede said the JAMB also aimed at increasing the capacities of its
Computer Based Test Centres in order to make the April examination
seamless.
He said, “We are expecting 1.7million candidates to sit for JAMB this
year and we want to make sure we satisfy these candidates within a week
or thereabout.
“That is why we are increasing the capacity of the Computer-Based Test
centres to be able to examine more candidates within a given date.”
Oloyede who said the body would not promise a hitch-free examination,
noted that there were changes and innovations ongoing which would send
some illegal operators who had defrauded candidates in the past, out of
business.
The JAMB boss, however, said the examination body would not be deterred
in its mission to serve its candidates better.
He said, “I must be frank with you, I cannot promise a hitch- free
examination because we are testing certain things.
“We are changing certain things. We want to question the status quo and
of course, we expect a fight back by interest that will be trampled
upon.
“We are going to be as sincere as possible in the direction we are
going. We are going to be as flexible as humanly possible. We are not
promising hitch free examination.
“We envisaged that there will be hitches here and there, but they will
not be insurmountable. Rather than promising the nation hitch free
examination, we will be promising a direction we will all be pleased
with.
“Initially there might be hiccups and of course one would not have been
appointed if it is routine. I believe that I have been given a very
difficult job and that is why I am not promising that all will be
smooth.”
He argued that that was why JAMB invited stakeholders to critique its
processes, because it would not want to continue in the wrong direction.
He said, “We are creating some ICT facilities and we want our
stakeholders, prospective candidates, respected scholars, institutions,
civil societies to come together and critique what we are doing, so that
we can be sure, before we go too far in a wrong direction.
“This is a view of harvesting good ideas that could improve what we are
doing.”
He said the CBT had come to stay, as four African countries had
indicated interest to come over to Nigeria to understudy it.
“Of course, I believed that Nigeria is ripe for this (CBT). Nigeria is
more advanced than some of these countries. At least, we have three or
four countries that are observing our examination and they want to go
the way of the conduct of the examination,”he said.
While he said the JAMB would soon commence the sale of its forms for the
2017 UTME, he added that the examination body was also working on the
possibility of conducting a mock examination “for some people who just
want to try on what we are doing.”
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/02/1-7million-candidates-expected-sit-2017-jamb-oloyede/
The Registrar, Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede disclosed this
on Tuesday at Abeokuta at the sideline of the examination body’s
Information and Communication Technology retreat involving civil society
groups, students and other major stakeholders.
Oloyede said the JAMB also aimed at increasing the capacities of its
Computer Based Test Centres in order to make the April examination
seamless.
He said, “We are expecting 1.7million candidates to sit for JAMB this
year and we want to make sure we satisfy these candidates within a week
or thereabout.
“That is why we are increasing the capacity of the Computer-Based Test
centres to be able to examine more candidates within a given date.”
Oloyede who said the body would not promise a hitch-free examination,
noted that there were changes and innovations ongoing which would send
some illegal operators who had defrauded candidates in the past, out of
business.
The JAMB boss, however, said the examination body would not be deterred
in its mission to serve its candidates better.
He said, “I must be frank with you, I cannot promise a hitch- free
examination because we are testing certain things.
“We are changing certain things. We want to question the status quo and
of course, we expect a fight back by interest that will be trampled
upon.
“We are going to be as sincere as possible in the direction we are
going. We are going to be as flexible as humanly possible. We are not
promising hitch free examination.
“We envisaged that there will be hitches here and there, but they will
not be insurmountable. Rather than promising the nation hitch free
examination, we will be promising a direction we will all be pleased
with.
“Initially there might be hiccups and of course one would not have been
appointed if it is routine. I believe that I have been given a very
difficult job and that is why I am not promising that all will be
smooth.”
He argued that that was why JAMB invited stakeholders to critique its
processes, because it would not want to continue in the wrong direction.
He said, “We are creating some ICT facilities and we want our
stakeholders, prospective candidates, respected scholars, institutions,
civil societies to come together and critique what we are doing, so that
we can be sure, before we go too far in a wrong direction.
“This is a view of harvesting good ideas that could improve what we are
doing.”
He said the CBT had come to stay, as four African countries had
indicated interest to come over to Nigeria to understudy it.
“Of course, I believed that Nigeria is ripe for this (CBT). Nigeria is
more advanced than some of these countries. At least, we have three or
four countries that are observing our examination and they want to go
the way of the conduct of the examination,”he said.
While he said the JAMB would soon commence the sale of its forms for the
2017 UTME, he added that the examination body was also working on the
possibility of conducting a mock examination “for some people who just
want to try on what we are doing.”
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/02/1-7million-candidates-expected-sit-2017-jamb-oloyede/
ABEOKUTA-Non fewer than 1.7million candidates are expected to sit for 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in April.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/02/1-7million-candidates-expected-sit-2017-jamb-oloyede/
The Registrar, Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede disclosed this
on Tuesday at Abeokuta at the sideline of the examination body’s
Information and Communication Technology retreat involving civil society
groups, students and other major stakeholders.
Oloyede said the JAMB also aimed at increasing the capacities of its
Computer Based Test Centres in order to make the April examination
seamless.
He said, “We are expecting 1.7million candidates to sit for JAMB this
year and we want to make sure we satisfy these candidates within a week
or thereabout.
“That is why we are increasing the capacity of the Computer-Based Test
centres to be able to examine more candidates within a given date.”
Oloyede who said the body would not promise a hitch-free examination,
noted that there were changes and innovations ongoing which would send
some illegal operators who had defrauded candidates in the past, out of
business.
The JAMB boss, however, said the examination body would not be deterred
in its mission to serve its candidates better.
He said, “I must be frank with you, I cannot promise a hitch- free
examination because we are testing certain things.
“We are changing certain things. We want to question the status quo and
of course, we expect a fight back by interest that will be trampled
upon.
“We are going to be as sincere as possible in the direction we are
going. We are going to be as flexible as humanly possible. We are not
promising hitch free examination.
“We envisaged that there will be hitches here and there, but they will
not be insurmountable. Rather than promising the nation hitch free
examination, we will be promising a direction we will all be pleased
with.
“Initially there might be hiccups and of course one would not have been
appointed if it is routine. I believe that I have been given a very
difficult job and that is why I am not promising that all will be
smooth.”
He argued that that was why JAMB invited stakeholders to critique its
processes, because it would not want to continue in the wrong direction.
He said, “We are creating some ICT facilities and we want our
stakeholders, prospective candidates, respected scholars, institutions,
civil societies to come together and critique what we are doing, so that
we can be sure, before we go too far in a wrong direction.
“This is a view of harvesting good ideas that could improve what we are
doing.”
He said the CBT had come to stay, as four African countries had
indicated interest to come over to Nigeria to understudy it.
“Of course, I believed that Nigeria is ripe for this (CBT). Nigeria is
more advanced than some of these countries. At least, we have three or
four countries that are observing our examination and they want to go
the way of the conduct of the examination,”he said.
While he said the JAMB would soon commence the sale of its forms for the
2017 UTME, he added that the examination body was also working on the
possibility of conducting a mock examination “for some people who just
want to try on what we are doing.”
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/02/1-7million-candidates-expected-sit-2017-jamb-oloyede/
The Registrar, Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede disclosed this
on Tuesday at Abeokuta at the sideline of the examination body’s
Information and Communication Technology retreat involving civil society
groups, students and other major stakeholders.
Oloyede said the JAMB also aimed at increasing the capacities of its
Computer Based Test Centres in order to make the April examination
seamless.
He said, “We are expecting 1.7million candidates to sit for JAMB this
year and we want to make sure we satisfy these candidates within a week
or thereabout.
“That is why we are increasing the capacity of the Computer-Based Test
centres to be able to examine more candidates within a given date.”
Oloyede who said the body would not promise a hitch-free examination,
noted that there were changes and innovations ongoing which would send
some illegal operators who had defrauded candidates in the past, out of
business.
The JAMB boss, however, said the examination body would not be deterred
in its mission to serve its candidates better.
He said, “I must be frank with you, I cannot promise a hitch- free
examination because we are testing certain things.
“We are changing certain things. We want to question the status quo and
of course, we expect a fight back by interest that will be trampled
upon.
“We are going to be as sincere as possible in the direction we are
going. We are going to be as flexible as humanly possible. We are not
promising hitch free examination.
“We envisaged that there will be hitches here and there, but they will
not be insurmountable. Rather than promising the nation hitch free
examination, we will be promising a direction we will all be pleased
with.
“Initially there might be hiccups and of course one would not have been
appointed if it is routine. I believe that I have been given a very
difficult job and that is why I am not promising that all will be
smooth.”
He argued that that was why JAMB invited stakeholders to critique its
processes, because it would not want to continue in the wrong direction.
He said, “We are creating some ICT facilities and we want our
stakeholders, prospective candidates, respected scholars, institutions,
civil societies to come together and critique what we are doing, so that
we can be sure, before we go too far in a wrong direction.
“This is a view of harvesting good ideas that could improve what we are
doing.”
He said the CBT had come to stay, as four African countries had
indicated interest to come over to Nigeria to understudy it.
“Of course, I believed that Nigeria is ripe for this (CBT). Nigeria is
more advanced than some of these countries. At least, we have three or
four countries that are observing our examination and they want to go
the way of the conduct of the examination,”he said.
While he said the JAMB would soon commence the sale of its forms for the
2017 UTME, he added that the examination body was also working on the
possibility of conducting a mock examination “for some people who just
want to try on what we are doing.”
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/02/1-7million-candidates-expected-sit-2017-jamb-oloyede/
ABEOKUTA-Non fewer than 1.7million candidates are expected to sit for 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in April.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/02/1-7million-candidates-expected-sit-2017-jamb-oloyede/
