JAMB Approves Use of HB Pencils in CBT Examinations
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that candidates taking the 2024 UTME mock, scheduled for tomorrow, March 7th, 2024, will be permitted to bring ordinary HB pencils into the examination hall for numerical analysis if they choose to do so.
Dr. Fabian Benjamin, the spokesperson for JAMB, made this disclosure in a statement on Wednesday, addressing inquiries from candidates about whether they could bring HB pencils into the exam hall.
Previously, the Board had prohibited the use of pencils and other banned materials due to concerns about their misuse. However, JAMB has now approved the use of ordinary HB pencils during both the upcoming Mock-UTME and the main exam, which is set to commence on Friday, April 19th, 2024.
Candidates scheduled for the mock exam who require writing materials for calculations are advised to bring their HB pencils and an extra copy of their mock slip printout only.
It's important to note that other items such as watches, pens or biros, mobile phones or similar electronic devices, spy reading glasses, calculators, hard disks or similar storage devices, books or any reading material, cameras, recorders, and microphones remain banned. Candidates are strictly prohibited from bringing any of these items into the exam hall.
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