The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board has revealed that candidates living with disability would be excluded from taking the post utme examination.
The Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede who made this known while speaking on AriseNews Morning Show on Tuesday Morning 23 January 2024 averred that once the candidates with special needs meet the required cut off marks they should be given admission.
Oloyede disclosed that the board is creating an equal opportunity for all candidates in order to ensure inclusivity and a system of education that would give those with special needs a sense of belonging.
While noting that the initiative which also aims at providing audio books to the deaf and blind, it would not just stop at the entry point of gaining admission but would transcend into retaining the disabled by facilitating the candidates with incentives to help motivate them.
He said the board has established a support unit across all tertiary institutions to attend to the physically challenged who for the pass five years have been supported with transports fares.
While maintaining that the initiative will begin with candidates suffering from ear impairment and the visually challenged, the JAMB boss emphasized that the board would do everything possible to carry the disabled along.
Responding to the validity of JAMB result going beyond a year, Oloyede said that the board only awards a ranking result and not an achievement result where the it would outlast the period for which it should be used to seek admission.
On his part, the CEO/ Founder of TAF Africa, Jake Epelle thanked the board for the gesture and appealed to the media and other well-meaning individuals to rally around the initiative.
Epelle tasked JAMB to ensure that the initiative gets to the nooks and crannies of all regions to allow more disabled persons key into the initiative
