As the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) begins nationwide, the Chairman of the JAMB Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG), Professor Emeritus Peter Okebulola, has revealed that 501 blind candidates and others with special needs have been prepped.
The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, in 2017, set up the JAMB Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG) with Okebukola as the chairman to oversee the smooth and orderly conduct of UTME for blind and other special needs candidates.
Okebulola confirmed Thursday that the 501 blind candidates registered to sit for the 2025 UTME will take the exams in 11 designated centres nationwide on April 28 and 29, and this will involve 20 subjects.
He said in 2024, 70% of JEOG candidates, notably the blind and albinos were offered admission to universities, polytechnics and colleges of education, and were admitted to such courses as law, special education, computer science, medicine and surgery, different programmes in education, mass communication, civil engineering, pharmacy, nursing science and business administration.
He added that on the distribution of the candidates and the centre coordinators, many of whom are former vice-chancellors, Okebukola noted that: “Lagos has the highest number of 107 with Professor Olanrewaju Adigun Fagbohun, former VC of LASU as coordinator. (Thisday)