The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) said
Computer-Based Test (CBT) would be used to
conduct examinations for applicants of the
2015 recruitment into the service.
Mr. Chukwuemeka Obua, the Public Relations
Officer of the service, said this in an interview
with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in
Abuja on Wednesday.
Obua said this was to prevent a reoccurrence
of the 2014 recruitment where a stampede
was recorded at various centres across the
country due to large crowd of applicants.
He said the CBT would also be used to
conduct the examination in order to test the
computer literacy level of applicants.
He said this was a basic requirement for
employment into the service.
“ This is the process that will be adopted for
the recruitment in order to prevent the
reoccurrence of the past incident. Four or five
computer centres will be designated in each
state of the federation.
“ Applicants will be divided according to these
centres and they will be communicated online
individually the date they are required to sit
for the examination and the location in order
to prevent over-crowding in centres and cases
of non-applicants in attendance,” he said.
The spokesman said the CBT was a global
trend accepted and used worldwide to conduct
examinations.
He said the device was chosen to prevent the
rigours associated with paper-based
examinations.
He said that applicants would not be required
to bring any writing materials; rather, they
would only need their password which was the
registration number to log into the computer,
answer the test and submit online.
Obua said after the test, successful applicants
would be contacted individually and asked to
report to designated immigration offices
across the country where they would be
further examined.
“ At this stage, we will do the physical
examination to check the height, presence of
any physical disabilities and general state of
health of applicants to ensure that they are fit
to carry out their duties when employed.
“ Documents of applicants will also be
reviewed during the examination after which
successful candidates will be contacted online
informing them of their acceptance into the
service,” he said.
NAN reports that applications for recruitment
into the NIS which commenced on Feb. 9
Computer-Based Test (CBT) would be used to
conduct examinations for applicants of the
2015 recruitment into the service.
Mr. Chukwuemeka Obua, the Public Relations
Officer of the service, said this in an interview
with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in
Abuja on Wednesday.
Obua said this was to prevent a reoccurrence
of the 2014 recruitment where a stampede
was recorded at various centres across the
country due to large crowd of applicants.
He said the CBT would also be used to
conduct the examination in order to test the
computer literacy level of applicants.
He said this was a basic requirement for
employment into the service.
“ This is the process that will be adopted for
the recruitment in order to prevent the
reoccurrence of the past incident. Four or five
computer centres will be designated in each
state of the federation.
“ Applicants will be divided according to these
centres and they will be communicated online
individually the date they are required to sit
for the examination and the location in order
to prevent over-crowding in centres and cases
of non-applicants in attendance,” he said.
The spokesman said the CBT was a global
trend accepted and used worldwide to conduct
examinations.
He said the device was chosen to prevent the
rigours associated with paper-based
examinations.
He said that applicants would not be required
to bring any writing materials; rather, they
would only need their password which was the
registration number to log into the computer,
answer the test and submit online.
Obua said after the test, successful applicants
would be contacted individually and asked to
report to designated immigration offices
across the country where they would be
further examined.
“ At this stage, we will do the physical
examination to check the height, presence of
any physical disabilities and general state of
health of applicants to ensure that they are fit
to carry out their duties when employed.
“ Documents of applicants will also be
reviewed during the examination after which
successful candidates will be contacted online
informing them of their acceptance into the
service,” he said.
NAN reports that applications for recruitment
into the NIS which commenced on Feb. 9
closed on March 22.
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