The Joint Admissions
and Matriculation Board
(JAMB) has announced preparedness to conduct mock
examination for the 2024
Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)
today, Thursday 7th March.
JAMB’s Head of Information and Communication,
Fabian Benjamin, Ph.D. said
all candidates sitting the 2024
Mock-UTME are allowed to
enter the examination hall
with ordinary HP pencil for
numerical analysis if they
so desire.
Benjamin said the clarification became necessary
following the series of enquiries from candidates
and the general public alike
regarding whether HP pencils are permitted in the examination hall as a writing
material.
According to JAMB the
Board had hitherto prohibited the use of pencils and
other banned materials in
view of the nefarious ends
that these materials are put.
“The Board, has, however, Okayed the use of ordinary HP pencil during the
upcoming Mock-UTME and
the main scheduled to commence on Friday, 19th April,
2024.
“Consequently, candidates
are urged to note that they
are to come with only one
pencil to their respective examination centers as specified while ensuring that they
are not in possession of any
other prohibited items,” the
Board clarified.
