SC: Smartphones, tablets prohibited in 2024 Shari”Ah Bar exams

The Supreme Court on Tuesday reminded that smartphones and tablets are prohibited during the 2024 Shari’ah Bar examinations (SBE).

In a bar bulletin, the Office of the 2024 Shari’ah Bar Chairperson said all examinees must bring a laptop for the two-day examination.

“Examinees are requested to refrain from bringing and using external gadgets and computer accessories because the allotted desk space is sufficient for only one laptop,” it said.

Exemplify, a computer-based program, will be installed on the laptops of the examinees to allow them to take the exam digitally.

Meanwhile, based on the conduct of the recent Bar exams, the SC also advised examinees to disable all antivirus software installed on their laptops before the examinations. 

The Office of the 2024 Shari’ah Bar Chairperson also advised them to uninstall all unnecessary software to avoid program conflicts or technical issues and to turn off automatic system updates.

In January, the SC announced that the SBE was rescheduled on April 28, Sunday and May 2, Thursday. The exams were initially set to take place in February.

The Shari’ah Bar Examinations are administered to allow Muslim professionals to qualify and practice before the Shari’ah Courts in the Philippines constituted under Presidential Decree (PD) 1083, or the Code of Muslim Personal Laws of the Philippines.

The Shari’ah courts have jurisdiction over cases involving violations of PD 1083. —Joahna Lei Casilao/ VAL, GMA Integrated News