The Registrar
of JAMB (Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board), Professor Is-haq
Oloyede, on Wednesday, 29th March, 2017 said the board may reduce the timeline
for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) from three (3) hours
to two (2) hours.
Prof. Oloyede
further stated that JAMB CBT question papers will be uploaded five minutes to
the examinations in order to check malpractice and questions leakage. Oloyede
made this known during the Strategic Planning retreat on Supervision and
Evaluation of 2017
UTME examinations.
He said: “As
for the 2017 UTME, it is likely we will reduce the duration of the
examinations. We are looking at two hours for the examinations instead of the
present three-hour timeline. This is in line with international best
practices. “As for the candidates, for their age, the maximum time they
can sit for examinations is two hours. Even in terms of international standard,
for primary school pupils, the maximum time for examinations is between 45
minutes and one hour.”
The registrar
also said JAMB has embraced new technology which will make the UTME comfortable
to write by students in privileged environment and those in rural areas.
He equally
confirmed that about 300,000 candidates might sit for the mock UTME
examinations on April 8 which will be used to test run its new technology to
make its examinations easier for students.
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