JAMB 2023: 19 Items You Shouldn’t Take with You For The Examination Hall

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• List of Items Not Allowed in the Exam Hall

As you are preparing for the JAMB 2023 exams, candidates are to note that there are some items they are disallowed from bringing to the exam hall. According to JAMB, this is to ensure that the Board’s examinations meet the best global practice. Candidates who bring any of these items to the hall would be not be allowed to the UTME.

Candidates are hereby required to properly examine the list and take note of the prohibited items, in order to avoid complications during the UTME exercise. 

List of Items Not Allowed in the Exam Hall

1. Watches
2. Pen/Biro
3. Mobile Phones or Similar Electronic Devices
4. Spy Reading Glasses Which Should be Scrutinized
5. Calculators or Similar Electronic Devices
6. USB, CD, Hard Disk, and or Similar Storage Devices
7. Books and Any Reading/Writing Material
8. Cameras
9. Recorders
10. Microphones
11. Ear Pieces
12. Ink/Pen Readers
13. Smart Lenses
14. Smart Rings/Jewelry
15. Smart Buttons
16. Bluetooth Devices
17. Key Holders
18. ATM Cards
19. Erasers

Also, where an examination official (board staff or ad hoc staff) or any authorized person is found with any of these prohibited items in the examination hall, such compromising action would be treated as a deliberate act of examination sabotage and necessary sanction will be applied.