By Felix Khanoba
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the list of items that will not be allowed into examination hall by candidates for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, said the prohibited items include mobile phones, pens/biros, ear pods/ear piece, smart button, wallet/purse, keyholders and calculators.
Oloyede, who made this known at a virtual training organised for invigilators on Saturday, listed other items to include bluetooth devices, cameras, microphones, recorders, contact lenses, books, spyglasses, smartwatches, flash drives, among others.
According to the examination body’s bulletin made available to The AUTHORITY on Monday in Abuja, the JAMB boss also revealed that no candidate would be allowed to begin the exam one hour into the stipulated start time.
This, according to the Board, is meant as a corrollary to its earlier directive that no candidate would be allowed to login or enter the examination hall one hour into the start time.
The JAMB boss said only candidates who have been biometrically verified successfully would be able to login for the examination.
Prof. Oloyede stated that the Board has put in place features aimed at further simplifying its examination delivery with the use of nine keys, in lieu of the mouse, in addition to explicit instructions to candidates.
He charged candidates to ensure that they carefully read and follow
all the instructions as stated on the screen before, during and after the examination and should refrain from doing anything contrary to the rules guiding the conduct of the examination.
The AUTHORITY reports that about 1.6 million candidates are expected to take part in the 2023 UTME across the country.
