THE Registrar of Joint Admission
and Matriculation Board, JAMB,
Professor Dibu Ojerinde has stated
that students and candidates who
are not computer literate will not
be allowed to write any
examination coordinated by the
board from 2015.

Meantime, the Senate President,
Senator David Mark and the JAMB
Registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde have
harped on the importance of
proper education among the
youths, saying it was the panacea to
curb youth restiveness and other
social vices in a country.

Mark, Ojerinde harps on Education
as antidote to nation’s woes.
The attributed the myriads of
problems like the recent insurgency
in the Nort East, the militancy in
the Niger Delta, the kidnapping in
the South East and other crimes
such as violence, armed robbery
and drug abuse as a result of
illiteracy.

The JAMB Registrar who was
speaking at the closing ceremony of
the 2014 Professor Odusola
Ojerinde, his late wife memorial
golf tournament in Otukpo, Benue
State said part of efforts to improve
education in Nigeria in line with
global best practices was the
introduction of Computer Based
Test, CBT, for all the board’s
examinations.

He announced that beginning from
2015, any student or candidate who
was not computer (ICT) literate
would have no business with JAMB
conducted examinations even as he
declared, “we are not going to
compromise on that”.

In a statement by the Chief Press
Secretary to the Senate President,
Mr. Paul Mumeh, the JAM Registrar
said it was for that reason that
JAMB embarked on the
establishment of Computer Based
Centres across the country
preparatory for all its
examinations.

He stressed that examination was
central to education and must be
taken seriously at all levels.
Also speaking Senator Mark said he
was committed to the development
of education, adding, “because I
believe that a well educated
citizenry would be an asset to the
nation.
“Besides being the foundation for
any development, education
liberates the people and curbs all
forms anti social behaviors.

“Whatever, I can do to support
education; I will not hesitate to do
it. I want to bequeath education of
our people especially in my
constituency as a legacy. For me , It
is the most important investment.’
The Senate President according to
the statement explained that he
promotes sports as the needed
companion to education “because a
combination of both will enhance
peaceful coexistence, eradicates
crimes, promotes unity and
development.”