Thursday, February 07, 2013

Reps suspend Jamb’s E-Test, summon Education Minister




The Minister of Education, Professor Rukayyatu Rufai  was  summoned by the House of Representatives over the planned conduct of computer based test for the 2013 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) by the Joint Admission Matriculation and Examination Board (JAMB).

Prof. Rufai’s led Ministry of Education was directed to suspend the computer-based test planned for April this year and revert back to the use of old existing centres and the new secondary schools constructed by various arms of government.

Reason is: to give more time to equip these schools with necessary infrastructure to conduct computer test.

The motion was sponsored by Hon. Ali Madaki, from Kano State.

Rukayyatu is expected to appear before the House Committee on Education, alongside the JAMB Registrar in other to explain the “reason behind the policy somersault that led to change in takes off of the policy from 2015 to 2013; the law that empowers JAMB to contract out the conduct of examination to private firms? And who the firms are.”


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