We’re Not Planning To Increase Examination Fees — JAMB Board

When the Joint Admission and Matriculation board (JAMB) announced that they would only be writing the 2015 jamb examination through Computer base examination (CBT), most concern bodies, parents and intending candidates are sceptical, as persons start circulating news that the board is planning to hijack the 2015 jamb examination fee.

However, this issue was address directly by the board on Saturday, when the JAMB spoke person disclosed to the public and most especially, to candidates who would be writing the Computer Base Test (CBT) Exam, that they have absolutely no plans to increase the cost of registration forms for its Computer-Based Tests.

According to the Public Relations Officer of JAMB, Mr Fabian Benjamin, who made this statement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos, said that the board intended to work within its available resources for subsequent CBTs.

And according to Mr Fabian, whom I quote directly: “If there is the need to increase, parents would be informed on why there is an increase”.

Mr. Fabian also went on to speak against the backdrop of reported plans by the board to increase the cost of the forms.

The Public relation officer also disclosed that this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination was capital intensive because of the Paper-Pencil and Computer-Based Test that were held this year.

“The examination this year was capital intensive but subsequently it will not be so.
“The reason was that two types of examinations were held this year without any increase in budgetary allocation for exams.
“Subsequently, the cost of printing of papers for 23 subjects of 15 pages for about two million people will no longer be there.” And everything will be digital.

The PRO also said that the Federal Government had assisted in reducing the financial burden of the exam on parents and guardians by directing JAMB to reduce the cost of forms from N4, 600 to N4, 000.

“The objective of the CBT is to make our education system more effective, to give the candidates the right orientation about examination, which should transcend to the university level.

“Its objective is also to curb examination malpractices,” he said.

We would also love to inform all ambitious candidates, that they should note that Computer base test will be the only option for candidates by 2015.

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