THE Registrar of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB,
Professor Dibu Ojerinde has stated that students and candidates who are
not computer literate will not be allowed to write any examination
coordinated by the board from 2015.
Meantime, the Senate
President, Senator David Mark and the JAMB Registrar, Prof. Dibu
Ojerinde have harped on the importance of proper education among the
youths, saying it was the panacea to curb youth restiveness and other
social vices in a country.
Mark, Ojerinde harps on Education as antidote to nation’s woes.
The
attributed the myriads of problems like the recent insurgency in the
Nort East, the militancy in the Niger Delta, the kidnapping in the South
East and other crimes such as violence, armed robbery and drug abuse as
a result of illiteracy.
The JAMB Registrar who was speaking at
the closing ceremony of the 2014 Professor Odusola Ojerinde, his late
wife memorial golf tournament in Otukpo, Benue State said part of
efforts to improve education in Nigeria in line with global best
practices was the introduction of Computer Based Test, CBT, for all the
board’s examinations.
He announced that beginning from 2015, any
student or candidate who was not computer (ICT) literate would have no
business with JAMB conducted examinations even as he declared, “we are
not going to compromise on that”.
In a statement by the Chief
Press Secretary to the Senate President, Mr. Paul Mumeh, the JAM
Registrar said it was for that reason that JAMB embarked on the
establishment of Computer Based Centres across the country preparatory
for all its examinations.
He stressed that examination was central to education and must be taken seriously at all levels.
Also
speaking Senator Mark said he was committed to the development of
education, adding, “because I believe that a well educated citizenry
would be an asset to the nation.
“Besides being the foundation for any development, education liberates the people and curbs all forms anti social behaviors.
“Whatever,
I can do to support education; I will not hesitate to do it. I want to
bequeath education of our people especially in my constituency as a
legacy. For me , It is the most important investment.’
The Senate
President according to the statement explained that he promotes sports
as the needed companion to education “because a combination of both will
enhance peaceful coexistence, eradicates crimes, promotes unity and
development.”
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