No fewer than 84,000 candidates sat for the rescheduled MOCK-UTME in 387 Computer Based Centres (CBT) across the country.
The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, while monitoring the examination in Abuja on Tuesday, expressed delight over the hitch-free exercise.
It would be recalled that the mock exam was designed for the purpose of testing JAMB’s preparedness and that of its partners for UTME.
It is as well to give prospective candidates the opportunity to have hands-on experience of the CBT test environment.
Oloyede commended candidates for showing understanding over the board’s decision to reschedule the examination for Tuesday, April 18, 2023.
He said that the glitches earlier observed in the Mock-UTME in some centres that prompted it to be rescheduled was as a result of deployments of innovations .
”We should also thank the students for bearing with us when we were trial-testing.
”You know we gave a notice that we were moving to a new level and I think by God’s grace, we are now arriving at the next level.
”Those things we wanted to test, we have seen what they were and we went back and made sure everything works and it is working,” he said.
The registrar promised to resolve issues relating to cable (that you called network in the centre) saying there may be few centres with such problem
”For example, we have decided all those with zero thin client (computers that have no CPU identity but rely on central server and share same IP address) will have to change if they must continue on our network,” he said.
Oloyede added that the resheduled examination took place in 387 CBT centres across the country and with 16 of the centres having two sessions, results would be out before the end of today.
On his part, JAMB’s Director of Information Technology Services (ITS), Fabian Okoro, said real time information from all CBT centres revealed that the exam was conducted smoothly.
“When we did the first exam, we were testing new features and we observed lapses, we have to go back to the drawing board and make sure they are corrected.
” You can see from the control room here, there are less calls coming in, that shows the exam is moving smoothly and peacefully in all the centres across the country,” Okoro said.
During a visit to some of the CBT centres, it was observed that candidates were seen taking part in the exam in an orderly way.
One of the candidates at the Total Child Model College, Dutse, Mercy Luka, commended JAMB for ensuring that the mock exam went on as planned without any issue.
“The examination was actually a good and successful one, no problem at all, no worries.
”The computer did not go off and I finished successfully and I really enjoyed the questions that was asked,” she said. (NAN)
