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Students participating in the ongoing Joint Admission Matriculation examinations (JAMB) and Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have called on the examination body to review the use of computers due to poor networks and slow servers.

According to Taofiq Oladimeji, who lamented the situation, students were unable to attempt enough questions due to insufficient time allowed and poor network system.

“JAMB registrar Prof. Dibu Ojerinde and supervisor of Universal White Hall College, Mrs. Temilola Adeliyi and all other Computer Based Test (CBT) centres must do something about this,” he said.

Oladimeji observed that students at the said examination centre were allowed only 45 minutes to write 4 papers instead of 3 hours and 45 minutes.

According to him: “There should be a retake or cancellation of the ongoing CBT examinations because the centre’s server was very slow and there was

constant shut-down of the whole computers during the examination due to drag in the network or malfunctioning of the computers.

“As a result of that, the students couldn’t answer their questions and they were told to leave.”

Similarly, another situation was reported at the Chamcity centre on Isaac John Street, Ikeja GRA area of Lagos state.

It was reported that there students had to wait for long hours and were worn out as at the time they were to sit for the examination.

A female student who simply identified as Bisola told The Nation that students whose examination was slated for 6am could not do the examination until 10am.

“There were many computers at our centre but they were still not enough and the network was not supportive,” she recounted.

Bisola’s examination that was to take over 3hours to write was delayed for about 8hours – from 10am till 6pm in the evening.

“I just did what I could because I was tired as at that time that they said we should come in for the examination,” she lamented.

She called on the examination body to improve the use of computers, locations and examination timing especially for young students who were given examination centres far from their home states.

Read the following responses from Twitter users:

@TheNationNews Do you know any student who wrote 2015 JAMB? How far are the examination centres from their homes and what do you think about the distance?

Responses: Kemi O-Olunloyo @HNNAfrica Yes!! Too far, nothing is proactive anymore in this country. If you are gonna send them for NYSC, everyone near home too.

Okoro Dennis @gentledenniz To be honest the distance is very far

Garun Malam @gmyusuff jamb should stop all this crap, suffering our children making them travel far for exams. Writing exams as early as 6 a.m

owoade olaoluwa @olaolu_1 My cousin wrote hers in OAU Ife and she reside in Lagos. That’s too far. Is it d insuficient system in lagos dat caused it?

#GMB15/Prince SSL. @Princemeek19 Its hellish, my younger brother is based in lagos, but had to travel to ile-ife, Osun state to write his exams. Not easy.

Ekpo @EKPONSI I know one, she lives in Lagos Island and wrote the JAMB exams in an outskirt of Ijebu Ode. She had to go sleep in a hotel

Ayomide Easyrel Aina @hayomideey I wrote mine yesterday and my centre is not far.My centre is in oshodi but there I meet somstudent who came 4rm a far distanc

Ubong @ubongabasi_ Yup! My friend has to travel from Calabar South LGA in Cross River State to his center at Ebonyi State. Outrageous! #JAMB2015

Ubong @ubongabasi_ …that’s over three hours drive!!! :@ :@ :@ from Calabar to Ebonyi

Onaolapo Funmibi @Funmibi4real1 Yes my younger sibling did d exam. His center is too far 2 where he resides. I think Jamb need 2 encourage more CBT centers.