JAMB/WAEC exams: Total Nucleus Foundation trains students on CBT techniques
Ayodele Olalere
The Total Nucleus Foundation, TNT, has trained and graduated students in the techniques of Computer Based Test ahead of future exams organised by the West African Examination Council, WAEC and Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB.
It is recalled the two examination bodies had said his exams would be computer based with students making use of computer.
The first set of the TNT trainees graduated on Tuesday, April 30 and got gift items and certificates, with the best three getting cash gifts.
Senator Gbenga Ashafa, who is the patron of the Foundation noted that the training was aimed at preparing pupils to have basic knowledge of how CBT operates ahead of WAEC and JAMB exams, adding it was his little way of investing in young ones and building their confidence.
“CBT is basic understanding of technology. Every child is supposed to have knowledge of how to communicate, and the language of today is technology. There is hardly any child that can’t operate a telephone today, and so this kind of training gives them confidence. It also shows that the future is bright in terms of global communication,” Ashafa said.
He added: “I invested in this group to ensure that children from seven years upwards are prepared ahead of their terminal examinations in preparation for the higher institution.
“This training gives them confidence because they are already familiar with the language of technology. That is why I am urging them to explore and learn more. What they have gotten here is the basics; you can’t know enough about technology because it evolves every day.
“We will also be expanding this initiative, even beyond Lagos East. I have to acknowledge Senator Tokunbo Abiru for his efforts with the SAIL Lab. He is doing so much and we have to also support him so that everybody will have a bit of inclusiveness, just as President Bola Tinubu has said that technology should be inculcated in the school curriculum. We will continue to do our best to prepare our young ones for a great future.”
The President of the Foundation, Lukman Owolabi described the training as part of the foundation’s way of given back to the society in the educational sector.
“When we heard that WAEC and JAMB will be deploying CBT for their examinations, we thought it would be helpful to prepare the children ahead. Most of them don’t quite understand how CBT operates, so we are glad to invest in them and give them a heads up about what to expect in the examination.
“The training is for secondary school pupils in the junior and senior classes. We wanted to give them a head start so by the time they were in the exam hall, nothing would look strange to them. And it is good they are appreciative of this initiative, which will also spur us to do more.”