The forum, therefore, called for its cancellation.

Yerima Shettima, the National President of AYCF, in a statement released in Kaduna on Friday, said, “The CBT exams should have been optional, allowing candidates to choose between the traditional pen-and-paper format and the computer-based approach.”

He argued that it would have allowed students to opt for the format they were most comfortable with and capable of attempting successfully.

According to Shettima, research conducted by the Forum in selected northern states such as Zamfara, Jigawa, Taraba, Adamawa, Nasarawa, and Plateau, revealed that the CBT exams had consistently led to high failure rates among students attending public schools.

He stated that even the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board CBT exams had placed underprivileged students in a predicament as they struggled to answer questions in a format they were unfamiliar with.