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JAMB CBT centre reveals how N100 million was spent on centre set-up.
This may not be the best economic times in the Country, but many CBT owners across the country have expressed their readiness for the 2017 UTME. They have expressed confidence that they have met the demands of the Board. According to them, for a centre to be certified by JAMB, it must have a hall that can accommodate a minimum of 250 candidates and 250 computer systems duly connected to a functional sever. Besides, it must also have a functional generating plant and CCTV within and outside the examination premises.
Obi Ijeoma Precious, the centre administrator of International College, Ibefu centre, in Ogun State said: Our centre is the best in Ogun State. From the result of the assessment, we came out the best. We have 515 computers. We have strong servers in two centres. Both centres have 254 computers each and we have 3KVA server, one for each of the centres and one as a back up server.
“We have a generator dedicated to one of the centres. In the college, we have three big generators and one designated to the centre. We spent above N100 million in setting up the centre. As an international college, our school does not engage in examination malpractice.”
Mr. Duru Emeka, representing Chief Communication Limited in Abia State, noted that his centre had been used twice for UTME, adding, “this is the third time and we are prepared. Our centre was a choice because we met the required standard. We have 250 capacity hall with back up of 25, a big generator with air-conditioners. All the systems are connected to the network. We have CCTV cameras installed in the halls. I am looking forward to a more organized exam as JAMB has taken time to correct things that were not in place.”
Asked if the exam will be malpractice free, he added, “I believe, there will not be exam malpractice because there are CCTV everywhere. JAMB does the posting of students, hence special centres will not exist.”
On his part, Dr. Phillip Vande, a lecturer at Veritas University, Abuja and a Director of Consultancy, confirmed his centre’s readiness for the exam. He said: “This is the first time our centre has been accredited for the purpose of the CBT. Before we started, we approached JAMB and they gave us the requirements a centre needs to have before accreditation is granted. We have provided the 250 minimum systems required, installed CCTV, built cubicle in our centre and possess adequate server to carry all the 250 systems.”
Vande, however, lauded the former JAMB registrar, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, who initiated the computer based test. Former registrar gets applause: He said: “The former registrar was a pro-active registrar, a forward looking registrar. This is an ICT world and for him to have brought this innovation, it is worth commending. His successor continued from where he stopped and he has upgraded it, making it qualitative by ensuring that centres that are accredited are serious with their computers. The registrar has put in a lot of modalities before the registration commenced. One of the modalities was that secondary schools must have completed their exams like WAEC before UTME, because of cases of awaiting results.”
This may not be the best economic times in the Country, but many CBT owners across the country have expressed their readiness for the 2017 UTME. They have expressed confidence that they have met the demands of the Board. According to them, for a centre to be certified by JAMB, it must have a hall that can accommodate a minimum of 250 candidates and 250 computer systems duly connected to a functional sever. Besides, it must also have a functional generating plant and CCTV within and outside the examination premises.
Obi Ijeoma Precious, the centre administrator of International College, Ibefu centre, in Ogun State said: Our centre is the best in Ogun State. From the result of the assessment, we came out the best. We have 515 computers. We have strong servers in two centres. Both centres have 254 computers each and we have 3KVA server, one for each of the centres and one as a back up server.
“We have a generator dedicated to one of the centres. In the college, we have three big generators and one designated to the centre. We spent above N100 million in setting up the centre. As an international college, our school does not engage in examination malpractice.”
Mr. Duru Emeka, representing Chief Communication Limited in Abia State, noted that his centre had been used twice for UTME, adding, “this is the third time and we are prepared. Our centre was a choice because we met the required standard. We have 250 capacity hall with back up of 25, a big generator with air-conditioners. All the systems are connected to the network. We have CCTV cameras installed in the halls. I am looking forward to a more organized exam as JAMB has taken time to correct things that were not in place.”
Asked if the exam will be malpractice free, he added, “I believe, there will not be exam malpractice because there are CCTV everywhere. JAMB does the posting of students, hence special centres will not exist.”
On his part, Dr. Phillip Vande, a lecturer at Veritas University, Abuja and a Director of Consultancy, confirmed his centre’s readiness for the exam. He said: “This is the first time our centre has been accredited for the purpose of the CBT. Before we started, we approached JAMB and they gave us the requirements a centre needs to have before accreditation is granted. We have provided the 250 minimum systems required, installed CCTV, built cubicle in our centre and possess adequate server to carry all the 250 systems.”
Vande, however, lauded the former JAMB registrar, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, who initiated the computer based test. Former registrar gets applause: He said: “The former registrar was a pro-active registrar, a forward looking registrar. This is an ICT world and for him to have brought this innovation, it is worth commending. His successor continued from where he stopped and he has upgraded it, making it qualitative by ensuring that centres that are accredited are serious with their computers. The registrar has put in a lot of modalities before the registration commenced. One of the modalities was that secondary schools must have completed their exams like WAEC before UTME, because of cases of awaiting results.”
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