The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has enumerated about 19 items which are prohibited for the candidates taking the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
The examination board released this information in its weekly bulletin on Monday. JAMB has warned that candidates who breached the directive and come to any of the centres with any of the banned items will be disallowed from taking the UTME.
The board has claimed that it has taken this measure to ensure that the examinations meet the best global practices. Some of the items prohibited include wrist 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, microphones, ear pieces, ink or pen readers, smart lenses, smart rings or jewellery, smart buttons, bluetooth devices, key holders, erasers and Automated Teller Machine cards.
JAMB has noted that it would continue to strive to eliminate unwholesome practices such as impersonation and it also announced the introduction of Closed-Circuit Television cameras to its centres nationwide.
JAMB had announced March 23 as the new date for its mock examination and has confirmed that the date of the examination was shifted due to the elections.