BY Edith Onwubolu
The Joint admissions and Matriculation Examination (JAMB) has identified poor telecommunication service as the reason why a number of candidates who wrote the board’s Computer-Based Test (CBT) have not received their results.
Hordes of candidates who wrote the CBT have besieged TheCable to express disappointment with their endless wait for the results.
But speaking during an interview with TheCable on Friday, Public Relations Officer of JAMB, Mr. Fabian Benjamin, affirmed that true to the board’s promise, the results of the tests are sent to candidates not later than two hours after the tests are written.
He said, for example, that all results for the CBT written on Monday May 19, 2014, have since been released to the candidates.
“The results are always released two hours after the examination. The results are out, but we are having issues with the network providers,” Benjamin said.
“Immediately we finish marking, we send text messages to all the candidates, and all the messages always show that they have been delivered. However, we have been getting complaints from some of the candidates from different quarters that they are yet to see their result.
“We understand the trauma they might be going through. Unfortunately, we are still on the field; that is why I would advise that they buy scratch cards and check online.”
He admitted knowledge of the reluctance of candidates to purchase scratch cards, but he reiterated that previous claims that the proceeds do not go to JAMB.
“The money does not come to us, but to the Information Communication Technology (ICT) Company that charges results to be pasted on its site,” he said.
“We came up with this because of network issues like we are experiencing now in the aspect of sending messages, and to also enable the candidates sit in the comfort of their homes and check their results online.”
He also confirmed that the CBT, which was partially introduced last year, will come into full implementation in 2015, replacing the written test, as it has helped “in no small measure” to reduce exam malpractices, while also bolstering the compliance of youths with Information Communication Technology (ICT).
“This CBT is to find a way towards International best practices, and it has helped us to check malpractices. Young girls and boys become enlightened in the ICT world,” he said.
“It has also proven that candidates merit whatever marks they score, and it gives them confidence that they actually worked for it. There is no room for malpractice, because we mark immediately and send the result within two hours.”
The ongoing CBT, which is the second in the series, began on Saturday May 17, 2014, and will end on May 31, 2014.
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