PRESIDENT, Chrisgate International, Mr Christopher Alabi, has warned the 2014 Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates not to rely much on their brilliance while tackling the questions, saying that smartness and timeliness in answering questions within the limited time count.

He disclosed this  at the 10th Success  summit that attracted over 2,000 youths held in Lagos.  “Passing UTME is not all about how brilliant you are, but how smart you are to answer those questions within the limited time,”Alabi said.

Emphasizing on the need for Jamb candidates to embrace computer-based test, Mr Joe Olarewaju, one of the resource persons said that computer-based test exams will help to checkmate examination malpractice. He explained that since the UTME questions are different from each other, malpractice would be difficult. Olarewaju, therefore urged them to visit the JAMB website to familiarize themselves with past questions and timeliness in answering questions within the given time.

Giving reasons why students should acquaint themselves with the computer and embrace  the CBT,  Olarewaju said it will facilitate release of their results on time.  According to him, “Since computer has reduced the world into a global village,  everyone needs to be computer literate as JAMB must not remain stagnant in the global trend.

His words: ” The CTB has advantage over the paper- pencil test. If students can use their phones to browse and perform other functions, they can also successfully do the computer based test exams. CTB is able to give you correct result without error. It is a way of making students to be ICT compliance.

JAMB has already set a platform for practice in order to familiarize yourself to UTME. For you to pass your CTB, speed and accuracy are needed.”