A comparative Analysis of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board‟s (JAMB) Performance, Pre and Post Electronic migration

International Journal of Humanities and Social Science

© 2019 by SSRG - IJHSS Journal

Volume 6 Issue 5

Year of Publication : 2019

Authors : Hussaini Danladi, Audu Kafwa Dodo

10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V6I5P111

How to Cite?

Hussaini Danladi, Audu Kafwa Dodo, "A comparative Analysis of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board‟s (JAMB) Performance, Pre and Post Electronic migration," SSRG International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, vol. 6,  no. 5, pp. 80-85, 2019. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V6I5P111

Abstract:

The task of conducting examination and ensuring that competent persons are admitted into tertiary institutions of learning in Nigeria is vested in JAMB. This means that JAMB is expected to be upright in its task of making sure that the process that brings about the selected candidates for admission is indespicable, transparent and void of any form of malpractice. To achieve this mandate, JAMB has over the years made marginal reforms on its Paper Pencil Test method until it become obvious that the limitations were almost uncontrollable. This led to the introduction of Computer Based Test. This too, according to the observers is riddled with shortcomings. This paper therefore compares the two methods with a view to establishing which is more result-oriented and attuned to the realities of the modern time. Data was collected using questionnaire which was administered on the selected staff of JAMB and students from University of Abuja, FCT College of Education Zuba, and Dorben Polytechnic Bwari, Abuja who were admitted through JAMB’s CBT. Analysis was done using the SPSS. The paper found out that CBT has done far better than the PPT. The paper concludes that, at a time like this when the whole world is going digital, Nigeria cannot continue to be consumed in the old cost consuming PPT. Consequently, the paper recommends that government should improve on provision of ICT infrastructure, and that computer as a subject should be taught in all Secondary Schools in Nigeria.

Keywords:

Comparative, Analysis, Performance, Electronic Migration.

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