Finally, the University of Lagos has conducted another qualifying examination for its postgraduate candidates whose computer-based tests were disrupted on January 18 due to power outage and server problems.
The examination took place last Saturday after the server problems had been resolved.
It was learnt that the 1,050 affected students began receiving text messages and electronic mail notifications for the rescheduled CBT last Wednesday.
Many of the candidates who sat for the CBT said there was marked improvement in the conduct of the examination.
According to them, the authorities administered the CBT on schedule compared with what happened on the day of the disruption.
The UNILAG Deputy Registrar (Information), Mr. Oluwatoyin Adebule, who spoke to our correspondent on Monday, described the hitches that greeted the January 18 exercise as unfortunate.
According to him, the university’s generators and the electricity distribution company servicing the institution have since been providing regular power supply to the campus community.
He said, “The server problem is over and it is now on. The affected candidates took the examination on Saturday. To keep all of them informed of the rescheduled date, the PG school sent text messages and electronic mails to them.
“We did not have problems with the generator during the examination. Epileptic power supply is not affecting us. That day (January 18), a standby generator was put in place to avoid any outage but unfortunately, it developed problems.”
Adebule added that servers could be down anytime.
“It is something you cannot predict. However, it is not something we experience frequently. When the server is down, it is down and there is nothing you can do.
“The engineers in charge will just try to bring it back to life. That is something beyond the control of even those in the server room. The incident of January 18 has nothing to do with our competence to conduct computer-based tests,” he explained.
