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.”
The Tribune
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