Mass examination failures of students, canceled examination,
missing results, misplaced results (you name it) all mar Paper Pencil tests
(PPTs) conducted by examinations bodies such as Jamb, WAEC. The Post UTME
examinations conducted by Universities in bid to rescreen University admission
seekers are not left out in these nightmares. Even students are afraid of these
examinations.
When eventually, the admission body, JAMB, announced the
transition of examinations from PPT to Computer Based tests (CBT) there was a
mass sigh of relief. Many believe performances will improve with the
introduction of CBT. Some reason given are the fairness, uniformity and the
speed at which the results are returned.
Moreover, CBT addresses (I’ll say to a large extent) the
issues of examination malpractices, canceled examination, missing results,
misplaced results and other such issues (which make students pray more than
they read - lol).
However, with these advantages of CBT examination also came
one major disadvantage – inadequate computer literacy among students. The only
solution to this is to learn how to use the computer simply. You only need
basic knowledge of computer usage to get you through these CBTs. Another piece
of advice is to practice CBT examinations frequently. You need to be familiar with
the CBT interface beforehand.
It is in the light of these that E-testpedia (www.e-testpedia.com) launched such a
platform for students to practice these exams beforehand. Users can practice
questions as many times as they want and configure their exams uniquely by
selecting duration, marking scheme and difficulty level of the questions etc.
If a user is registered, a he will have a profile where all
his examination performances are saved hence one can view ones performance
improvements and ranking
Moreover, users can compare performances with other users
globally and country-wise up to subject level. Thus users can rate themselves
against others and evaluate their chances in a “survival of the fittest” examination
condition.
Other services include:
- Viewing other peoples Profile (privacy settings apply)
- Educational resources such as e-books and past questions for the POST UTME of universities
- Latest University and admission News
- Monthly and Weekly Toppers etc
- University Aspirants Discussion Forum
- University Aspirants Quiz Section
Links
Practice Jamb, Post UTME CBT Questions Online
