THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Thursday assured the visually-impaired candidates writing the ongoing UTME Computer Based Test (CBT) of placement in universities of their choice.
Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, the JAMB Registrar, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview in Lagos that such a gesture would enable the visually-challenged to strive for academic excellence.
Ojerinde said such special consideration for this category of the youth would further reassure them that the government truly cared for them.
The JAMB official said government would continue do everything within its resources to the visually-challenged, to show that government cared about them, like every other Nigerian youth.
He said the universities were open to Nigerian children and that it would be a disservice if this set of people were not carried along, irrespective of their challenges.
``What is good for the goose is equally good for the gander.
``We started demonstrating government's concern for this category of people, by running an all-inclusive education.
``As we thought of migrating to an all-CBT, government again went a step further to acquire special braille machines that will enhance their participation in the examination.
``We have been receiving goodwill messages from these special candidates that had used the machines for the ongoing CBT and we are happy that they appreciate what government has done.
``These are all ways of ensuring that no Nigerian child is left behind, as we strive to attain technological advancement for the good of all,'' Ojerinde said.
He said the board was coming up with many other innovations that would benefit the visually-challenged candidates, in the course of pursuing their career.
On the conduct of the examination nationwide, Ojerinde said there were some hitches recorded on the first day of the examination but the situation stabilised on the second day.
``It is usually a normal thing to record such hitches on the first day, as we are experiencing the total migration into the CBT mode of our examination.
``We are human and we can make mistakes.
``We are not God; but the most important thing is to rise up to such challenges and find solutions immediately.
``JAMB recorded hitches in some centres in Abuja and Lagos and some other places.
``There were centres where we even have to move our candidates completely away from there.
``But as we speak, I can assure that everything has returned to normal and the examination has been going on as expected.
``If you ask me to rate the examination procedure, I will say that we have attained 95 per cent,''Ojerinde said.
He said the board would continue to fine-tune its methodology for the current mode of the examination, to attain a100 per cent perfection. (NAN)
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