Page 152 - Computer Based Test News Today

Over 56,000 jostle for 4,701 teaching jobs in Kwara “...22,953 applied for the Teaching Service Commission vacancies, 33,971 put in for the State Universal Basic Education jobs. The government plans to recruit 4,701 teachers for the two categories.” 2 min read The Kwara State government says 56,924 persons have applied for employment as teachers in its ongoing recruitment exercise. According to the spokesperson of the education ministry, Yakub Aliagan, the government intends...

Punch Newspapers Sections Edward Nnachi, Abakaliki No fewer than five students of the Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, slumped at the permanent site of the institution during a stampede inside the examination hall on Wednesday. The stampede occurred as students rushed to access the school’s ICT centre, venue of the exam. A source in the institution said the university had adopted the Computer Based Test for some General Studies (GST) courses. GST courses are taken by all students of the in...

Mostly, GST are courses undertaken by all students of the institution irrespective of their departments. Nwite said the hall was too small for the mammoth crowd of students that were to write the course, adding that there was poor planning by the school management. When contacted, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Chigozie Ogbu told journalists to speak to those on ground.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr Jamiu Olawumi, confirmed the figures in a chat with Daily Trust in Osogbo on Wednesday. Olawumi said the money paid by the candidates was for the JAMB pin and that the process was transparent. He said the results of the tests would be released within 24 hours after the aptitude test. The Commissioner for Education, Mr Oladoyin Folorunsho, said 1,500 teachers would be recruited into secondary schools, while 1,000 teachers would be employed int...

According to the protesting students, the University had adopted the Computer Based Test (CBT) for some General Studies Program (GST) courses. The GST are courses taken by all students of the institution irrespective of the department of faculty. The students said the hall where the examination was held was too small for the crowd of students that were to write the course, hence the The students are therefore demanding that the school authorities scrap the Computer Based Test (CBT). A represent...

Views: Visits 123 At least five students of the Ebonyi State University, on Wednesday, slumped at the permanent site of the institution during a stampede that occurred when students were trying to gain access into the exam hall. It was gathered that the institution had adopted the Computer Based Test (CBT) for some General Studies Program (GST) courses which all students of the institution irrespective of the department of faculty were mandated to take. The venue for the exam, it was g...

Punch Newspapers Sections Friday Olokor, Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Tuesday alerted Nigerians to the merchants of malpractices in the centres of its 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in some Northern parts of the country. According to the organisation, examination scam syndicates in the Computer-Based Test centres, which used to be in the Southern part of Nigeria, has now crept into the North. The Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, Prof. Ish-aq Oloyede, ...

By Kuni Tyessi The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB) has raised the alarm over the influx of fake Computer-based Test (CBT) centres, especially in the northern part of the country. JAMB has also said it would spend not less than N100 million to prosecute 200 out of the over 400 persons involved in alleged impersonation in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, who disclosed this yesterday at a press conference in Abuja, lam...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it will prosecute 200 out of the 400 exam impersonators caught during the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). “This year, we had over 400 people that were caught whereby those who wrote the exams were different from those who applied,” JAMB registrar Ish-aq Oloyede said at a press conference in Abuja. “About 200 of the candidates would be prosecuted, five from each state of the federation, as JAMB does not have t...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has raised an alarm over the influx of fraudulent Computer Based Test, CBT, centres in some parts of