JAMB, NCC to build 500 capacity CBT centre in COE Azare

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) have begun the process of establishing a 500 capacity Computer Based Test (CBT) centre at Aminu Saleh College of Education Azare, Bauchi State.

The foundation laying ceremony of the centre was performed on Monday by the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who commended the two agencies for the establishment of CBT centres across the country.

The minister, represented by the Vice Chancellor, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi, Professor Saminu Ibrahim, said the two government agencies have created a synergy to carry out the presidential directive for the establishment of the centres to help candidates write JAMB tests accessing technology with ease.

He said the establishment of the CBT centres has broadened access to technology based tests as obtained worldwide, adding that innovations brought by JAMB have saved a lot of resources for the government. He recalled that the board recently remitted over N8 billion to government coffers.

Speaking, the JAMB registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyode, said the board is determined to fully transit from the traditional form of conducting tests for candidates to computer based tests hence the establishment of the CBT centres.

Prof. Oloyode, who was represented by the Director, Test Administration, Dr. Yusuf Lawal, said the CBT centres are being established evenly across southern and northern Nigeria.