How many hours is JAMB exam?

There is a question on the lips of most JAMB candidates is how many hours is JAMB exam? Does that ring a bell in your head?

JAMB examination is one of the most important examinations that are conducted every year in Nigeria. Other exams that are conducted every year in Nigeria include WAEC (West African Examination Council) and NECO (National Examination Council), NABTEB (National Business and Technical Examinations Board).

These other aforementioned examinations are exams that usher a Nigerian student out from the secondary system as a certified secondary school graduate, while JAMB examination is an examination that screens those secondary school graduates and others for admission into Nigerian schools.

Kickoff Date for JAMB Examination

JAMB examinations are usually conducted towards the middle of every year. For 2024, the JAMB exam start on Jamb CBT 2024 starts on the 29th of April 2024 and end on the 12th of May 2024.

How many hours is JAMB Examinations?

JAMB examination questions are multiple-choice questions, and they are 180 in total, and the total mark to be awarded for each of the four subjects to be offered in JAMB is 400, which means that each subject has 100 marks.

The time required for a JAMB examination is 2 hours or 120 minutes.

This is enough time for every candidate to attempt all or most of the questions that were allocated to them. If the need arises for the increment of the currently allocated time for JAMB subjects, maybe JAMB will consider and implement it.

But currently, it’s 2 hours for a JAMB exam.

By the way, have you thought about the important things every candidate should do on JAMB exam day? They are as important as the time allocated for the JAMB exam.

Importance Of Knowing Allocated Time For JAMB Exams.

The importance of knowing the allocated time for JAMB exams cannot be underemphasized, because:

• Candidates who know the allocated time for their exams will plan how to write well within the given time. This type of tactic may come in handy only when you know the allocated time for the JAMB exam. 
• Knowing the time for JAMB exams may help a candidate to improvise ways to hasten his speed of answering questions, and how to identify clues for answering JAMB exam questions.
• It all depends on the candidate, but overall; knowing the time range for any examination is a needed knowledge for every participant of that particular exam.

Frequently Asked Questions About JAMB Examination

Sitting for a JAMB exam without knowing how much time to be spent may make a candidate unable to manage his time and increase his speed in answering questions. So this article breaks down what you need to know about “how many hours is JAMB exam?”

It’s essential to know how much of the answers are allocated to each subject, and the number of questions allocated to its subject too.

This will help the JAMB candidate to be strategic in answering his questions with the right focus in the right places.

Good luck.

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