JAMB conducts UTME for 28 blind candidates in Ekiti

• Gov’s wife lauds board for inclusive education
• UTME candidates blame board’s officials for refusal to finish exam in stipulated time

No fewer than 28 blind candidates are participating in the ongoing 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Ekiti State.

Co-ordinator of the JAMB Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG), Prof. Rasheed Aderinoye, who spoke, yesterday, during the inauguration of Ekiti State University Ado-Ekiti centre, said that JEOG was established by the examination body to cater for special candidates in the system.

He urged government at all levels to create centres for blind students towards giving them a sense of belonging in the society so that more students that are blind and disadvantaged can attend tertiary education in the country.

Meanwhile, wife of the governor, Dr. Olayemi Oyebanji, commended Registrar of JAMB , Prof. Ishak Oloyede, for creating the platform for blind students to participate in the exercise, adding that the administration is committed to inclusive and equal education opportunities for every child.

MEANWHILE, JAMB has been urged to consider the plight of candidates whose papers were disrupted by technical hitches at the ongoing 2023 UTME. The board had admitted that technical glitches in 100 centres affected the smooth conduct of the examination.

Candidates in one of the centres located on Fatai Tomori Street, Igbo-Olomu, Lagos, expressed dissatisfaction over system failures and conduct of the examination.

They said systems at the centre crashed several times but the officials failed to extend the two hours time allocated to candidates before they stopped the examination.