JAMB allays fears of exclusion of visually impaired candidates from Computer Based Testl

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Dibu Ojerinde, has said visually impaired candidates would not be excluded from the 2015 Computer Based Test.
Mr. Ojerinde said the matriculation examination was an all-inclusive examination for every Nigerian child irrespective of their disabilities.
Mr. Ojerinde stated this through the Director of Test Administration, Yusuf Lawal, when he received a delegation from the Anglo-Nigeria Welfare Association for the Blind in his office at the Board’s Headquarters in Abuja.

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Mr. Lawal said no candidate would be discriminated against or denied their right on account of one disability or another in their pursuit of tertiary education.
Mr. Basharu further commended JAMB for making extra efforts to ensure that every Nigerian child was given equal opportunity to access tertiary education.
He also expressed his satisfaction with the provisions the Board had made so far in ensuring that candidates with disabilities were well catered for in the CBT examination.
He, however, urged the Board to enter into partnership with the association to enable it help in sensitizing the visually impaired candidates on the Board’s activities as it had more access to the Board.
Mr. Basharu promised to spread the gospel of the innovation to all members and particularly those who had expressed reservations on the new technology. He said the investment in the visually impaired candidates was huge and prayed that the Federal Government key into this noble gesture.
Mr. Lawal, meanwhile, disclosed that the 2015 UTME would begin on March 9.