A decade long effort to modernise Nigeria’s tertiary examination system has reached its final stage, with the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board announcing that test developers can now author questions for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination remotely without travelling to centralised locations.
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the JAMB Registrar, made this known at the University of Ibadan during a training programme for test developers, describing the development as the culmination of a 10 year automation journey that began in the mid 2010s.
“We are here at the University of Ibadan to do the last round of our automation process. This phase is about automating the authoring of questions. Our authors can now set questions from their various locations without having to travel across the country,” Prof. Oloyede stated.
He explained that the digitised question authoring system will reduce costs, save time, improve operational efficiency and uphold the security standards necessary for maintaining examination integrity. Prof. Oloyede assured stakeholders that the board had implemented adequate checks and balances to protect the system from compromise.
Turning to registration logistics, the registrar noted that JAMB had expanded its Computer Based Test centres from approximately 800 in 2025 to over 1,000 in 2026.
The expansion, according to him, is part of ongoing efforts to eliminate bottlenecks and provide candidates with a smoother experience during both registration and examination periods.
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