The candidates use traditional braille slate and stylus or typewriters in writing answers to questions that are read out by a subject expert.
About 383 visually impaired candidates have Thursday commenced writing 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination across the country.Joint Admission and Matriculation BoardAddressing the candidates at the Kano centre located at School of Continuing Education Bayero University, Kano the chairman of the group Peter Okebukola said this year’s examination is taking place in eleven centres nationwide.
“This is in alignment with the current development of Nigeria’s higher education system with regard to the education of the blind,” Mr Okebukola said. He said 110 visually impaired candidates out of the 332 who sat for the UTME in 2021 have secured admission into universities and other tertiary institutions.The academic said the Kano centre had received the data of 172 candidates who were said to be visually challenged. However, after contacting them, it was found out that about 70 were not challenged but wrongly registered as visually impaired.
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