As the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination (UTME) begins Thursday, the Joint Admission Matriculation Board
(JAMB) has warned candidates against bringing in prohibited items into the
examination halls.
The examination is expected to
hold for about a week across Nigeria.
In an interview on Wednesday
night, the JAMB spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, said the items were prohibited
in order to secure the sanctity and integrity of the board’s examination.
He said examination officials are
allowed to scrutinise eye glasses or similar devices and when convinced that
such items may compromise the sanctity of the examination, the examination
official should confiscate them.
”We urge candidates to abide by
the rules and regulations of the board. Candidates should not come with any of
the prohibited items,” he said
Recall that the board directed
candidates for the 2019 UTME to start printing their examination notification
slips from April 2.
The board also said a separate
indicator had been created for the deaf (mute) candidates to differentiate them
for special attention at the examination centre.
Also, the JAMB registrar, Ishaq
Oloyede, warned candidates who are expected to sit for the examination to
ensure their biometrics were taken and verified or risk sitting for the
examination.
According to him, biometric
verification will be the only mode for the admittance of candidates into the
examination centres.
About 1.99 million candidates
will be writing the examination across the country.
List of items prohibited:
1) Wrist Watches
2) Pen/Biros
3) Mobile phones or similar
electronic devices
4) Spy reading glasses which
should be scrutinised
5) Calculators or similar
electronic devices
6) USB, CD, hard disks and or
similar storage devices
7) Books or any reading/writing
material.
8) Cameras
9) Recorders
10) Microphones
11) Ear pieces
12) Ink/pen readers
13) Smart lenses
14) Smart rings/ jewellery
15) Smart buttons
16) Bluetooth devices.
17) Automated Teller Machine
(ATM) cards
18) Erasers
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