JAMB
Forces to Reschedule CBT Due to Power Outage:
Power
outage at one of the examination centres in Lagos, has forced JAMB to
reschedule the third session of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination
Computer-Based Test (CBT) to May 31.
The
examination, which was previously scheduled for May 26 at the Digital Bridge
Institute (DBI) in Lagos, had to be shifted because of the outage, Mr Noble
Onukwue, JAMB’s Deputy Director, Outstation, told NAN on Wednesday in Lagos.
Onukwe
said the test would now be held at 11.00 a.m., explaining that the outrage
caused delay in concluding the second session of the examination, which made it
impossible to start the third session.
“It
was not safe to keep children late because of the examination because of the
security situation in the country.
“Some
of these children are from very far distances and keeping them will amount to
rushing the examination so as to get home on time.
“So
the best decision was to reschedule which is one of the flexibilities of the
CBT.”
Onukwue
said that one of the the criteria the board requested from examination centres
was provision of adequate power supply without relying on public sources of
electricity.
NAN
reports that the second session of the CBT at the DBI, which started by 11.00
a.m. was supposed to last three hours and to end by 2.00 p.m.
However,
it ended by 6.00 p.m., due to the power problem and as a result; there was no
time for the third session.
A
Facility Manager at the institute, Mr Afam Aboh, told NAN that the 250 KVA
generating set at the institute had broken down.
He
said, however, that another generator had since been provided to serve the
institute.
Some
candidates, who spoke to NAN on the development, said they held no grudges
against JAMB for rescheduling the examination.
“It
was wise for the board to reschedule because allowing the candidate to write
the exam will amount to getting home late,’’ said a woman, who gave her name
simply as Mrs Oludare.
One
of the candidates, Olamide Olabisi, said she preferred the CBT system,
appealing to JAMB to make adequate arrangements for a good generating set to
prevent a re-occurrence.
Another
candidate, Betty Eduwoh, who was in the second phase of the CBT, described the
power outage as quite disappointing. (NAN)
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