The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) still maintained its directive that no candidate would be allowed to come into the exam hall with electronic devices in the forthcoming mock examinations and 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
JAMB’s Weekly Bulletin released in Abuja on Sunday, February 17, 2019, contains the list of prohibited Items that won’t be allowed into any of its centres during this year’s examination.
Electronic devices such as:
Mobile Phones
Calculators
Wristwatches
Recorders
Spy Reading Glasses
Cameras
Ear Piece
Bluetooth Devices
USB
CD
Hard Disk And Other Similar Storage Devices
Pen/biro
Smart Lenses
Books Or Any Reading/writing Material
Ink/pen Readers
Key Holders
ATM Cards
Erasers
Smart Rings/jewelries
The bulletin partly states: “to ensure that the board’s examinations meet best global practice, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has prohibited the use of the following items during examinations.
“Candidates are hereby advised in their best interest not to bring these items close to the examination venue.
Any breach of this directive would bar the candidates from taking the examination.” JAMB’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin disclosed that some candidates who breached the directive and brought some of the devices to the hall last year were caught and handed over to security agencies.
