Blind people task examination bodies on safety

The Nigeria Association of the Blind (NAB) said examination bodies should ensure that examination environments are made peaceful and conducive for the blind.

Chairman, Nasarawa State branch of NAB, Mr Olushu Stephen Shugba made the appeal during a courtesy call to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s (JAMB) headquarters in Bwari, Abuja, according to a statement by the board’s Head of Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin.

Shugba said the psychological and physical environment in which the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) was conducted, was conducive for blind students. He asked other examination bodies to emulate JAMB, in this regard.

“JAMB has given us high hope to excel educationally. The conducive atmosphere created for our students to write the 2017 UTME was a gesture worthy of emulation by all other examination bodies,” he said.

JAMB Registrar Professor Is-haq Oloyede said the board agreed to give equal opportunity for all candidates desirous of qualitative tertiary education regardless of disability. He said, “The board will be conducting a supplementary examination for candidates. We want all candidates to be given equal opportunities and treated with utmost respect. The examination would cost fortune but for the candidates we are prepared to make any sacrifice.”

More than 85,000 candidates would be taking the examination slated for July 1st in all the categories.