Friday 31 March 2017

JAMB Scraps the Use of Mouse for UTME and initiates 8-Keys Device

March 31, 2017 2 Comments

Due to Computer illiteracy and Phobia for Mouse on the path of the UTME Canndidates, the management of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board has announced that it would adopt an 8 keys device for this year's UTME.

Prof. Ishaq noted during a Strategic planning retreat on Supervision and evaluation of the 2017 UTME, that in order to ensure equity and level playground for all 2017 UTME candidates, the board has designed an 8 keys device for Candidates to use instead of the mouse.

The Eight (8) keys comprise of ......
A, B, C, D for RESPONSES to answers of questions.....
P N S R
P = Previous Question
N = Next Question
S = Submit the entire questions after solving all.
R = Reverse; don't submit again

On the arrangement for the Visually impaired 2017 UTME candidates, the board said that they have reached an agreement with the Association of Blind persons in Nigeria that all prospective blind UTME candidates would be invited to three centers in the country for special assessment in their subjects of choice and relevant to their desired programmes.