No fewer than 501 visually impaired candidates will sit for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination at 11 designated centres across the country.
Chairman of the JAMB Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG), Prof. Emeritus Peter Okebukola, disclosed this in Abuja during a press briefing.
He said the exam for visually impaired and other special needs candidates would hold from April 28 to 29.
“The candidates take the same test papers as their sighted counterparts. Standards are not lowered in any form,” he said.
Okebukola described the JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, as a major advocate for equal access to higher education across Africa.
He further revealed that 84 visually impaired candidates who possessed at least five O’Level credits in their SSCE would have their UTME registration fees refunded at the examination venue.
Okebukola said Lagos had the highest number with 107 of registered candidates, followed by Kano with 91 candidates.
Othera are Abuja and Ekiti with 41 and 32 candidates respectively.
