{"id":20862,"date":"2024-04-23T15:38:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T15:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=20862"},"modified":"2024-04-23T15:38:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T15:38:39","slug":"jamb-set-to-reimburse-visually-impaired-utme-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/jamb-set-to-reimburse-visually-impaired-utme-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"JAMB Set to Reimburse Visually Impaired UTME Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The Board of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nannews.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/04\/22\/utme-jamb-to-refund-registration-fees-to-deserving-visually-impaired-candidates\/\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;that &nbsp;it will reimburse the fees paid for forms by visually-impaired candidates of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) provided certain criteria are met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was announced by Prof. Olarenwaju Fagbohun, Lagos Coordinator for JAMB Equal Opportunity Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Olarenwaju, who previously served as the Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU), made this statement on Monday at the Distance Learning Institute (DLI) of the University of Lagos, which is the 2024 UTME centre for visually-impaired candidates from Lagos and Ogun states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that out of the 88 registered candidates for the 2024 UTME at this center, 82 attended. He clarified that the refund will only apply to those visually-impaired candidates who achieved five \u2018O\u2019 Level credits in one sitting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The coordinator said that the gesture is to encourage physically-challenge candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his words, \u201c<em>I will like to give kudos to the \u00a0Registrar of JAMB, \u00a0Prof. Is\u2019haq Oloyede. This year, he went a step further to return money paid by visually-challenged candidates for the purchase of their registration documents- those who scored five credits at one sitting.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThey were not supposed to have paid for the forms, \u00a0but in a situation whereby they have already done that, their money will be returned to them.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThe process is that the\u00a0board, from the results uploaded by these candidates during registration for the examination, had already disaggregated all these and sent to all the Centre coordinators nationwide.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cWe have the list and the money already made available by the board, and the directive is that we must ensure that the concerned candidates get back their money immediately.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cWe want them to know that they are Nigerians and that Nigeria recognizes their roles and will want to harness their potential<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stated that the board is committed to finding ways to ensure that no Nigerian child is excluded from empowerment opportunities. He also noted that special examination is being held in 12 centers across the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In preparation for this year\u2019s exams, the organizers began contacting candidates assigned to the Lagos center at the Distance Learning Institute (DLI) of UNILAG one to two months in advance. Candidates were informed about their examination venue and advised to arrive at the center a day early with their guides to avoid any last-minute pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, Previously, candidates were only allowed to listen as proctors read the questions aloud to them. However, this year, it was recognized that some candidates also wished to use braille to independently read and respond to questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consequently, in addition to the <em><strong>&#8220;read aloud<\/strong>&#8220;<\/em> option, a \u2018fully braille\u2019 option has been introduced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This new option involves printing the questions in braille so that candidates can use braille answer sheets to respond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cBefore now, we allowed the candidates to just listen. The proctors will read aloud to them, but this year, we realized that some of them also want to use the braille and read on their own and then answer the questions.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cSo, we, in addition to the option of \u2018read aloud\u2019 have also decided to introduce the option of \u2018fully braille\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThis means we will print questions on braille for the candidates and they will now use the braille answer sheets to answer the questions\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also mentioned that the candidates were checked into hotels alongside their guides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThey are being well taken care of, and whenever they will be returning to their respective destinations, they will be given transportation allowance<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Nairametrics.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Board of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)has&nbsp;announced&nbsp;that &nbsp;it will reimburse the fees paid for forms by visually-impaired<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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