The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has concluded arrangements to conduct mock examination for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) tomorrow, Thursday March 7.
JAMB’s Head of Information and Communication, Fabian Benjamin, 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, reports Daily Independent.
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 centres as specified while ensuring that they are not in possession of any other prohibited items,” the Board clarified.
