JAMB

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has concluded plans for the conduct of the 2024 Unified Matriculation Examination (UTME) scheduled to hold between Friday, April 19 and April 29 in over 700 CBT centres nationwide.

The Guardian reports that 1,985,642 candidates will sit for this years exam.

A statement, yesterday, by JAMB spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, enjoined candidates to adhere to the etiquettes and guidelines for the examination as stipulated in their notification slips.

He called on candidates to print their 2024 UTME notification slips, which would enable them to know their examination centre, the date, and time of their examination.

Benjamin also urged them to be at the venues for their examination at the scheduled time so as to go through biometric verification before their admittance into the examination halls.

He said: Any candidate, who is 30 minutes late, would not be allowed to sit the examination and would be marked as absent. The Board also reiterated its zero tolerance for examination infractions and other unwholesome practices that could be detrimental to the conduct of the examinations.

In this regard, candidates are warned to steer clear of all prohibited items, which have been banned from the examination centres. These items have been noted to have aided some dishonest candidates in their quest to perpetrate examination malpractice hence, the ban on these items is to protect the sanctity of the Boards examinations.

Some of these items are: smart watches, smart lenses (unprescribed glasses), calculators, smart rings, smart pens, Bluetooth devices, and flash drives, among others. Candidates are also advised to desist from the practice of using decorative designs or tattoos on their palms as these can impact their biometric screening at the centre.

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