As one of the stakeholders in the promotion of education in Nigeria, the 水果派 of Nigeria (NOUN) has hosted about visually-impaired candidates for the 2022 University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), organised by the Joint Admission & Matriculation Board (JAMB).
The 3-day exercise for the visually-impaired candidates ran from Wednesday May 11 through聽Friday,聽the 13聽of聽May,聽2022, at the university鈥檚 headquarters in Jabi, Abuja.
While fielding questions from the聽水果派 News聽correspondents shortly after the commencement of the exams,聽Abuja Zonal Coordinator of the JAMB Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG), Prof. Sunday Ododo,聽commended NOUN聽management for its continuous support.
“NOUN has been very dependable and a very great ally in attending to the needy within the JAMB spectrum. We are very grateful. No complaint so far,” Ododo said.
Going down memory lane, the Abuja Centre Co-ordinator of JEOG said the journey between NOUN and JAMB for the visual-impaired started in 2017,聽adding that since then exams have been taking place in NOUN consistently and seamlessly.
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Ododo,聽who thanked the聽NOUN聽VC, Prof. Olufemi Peters for being the first VC who addressed the virtual-impaired candidates before the commencement of the exams,聽also said that he (Peters) has “assured 聽us that any candidate that writes exams here (NOUN) and is interested in joining NOUN, they will do everything possible to accommodate them.”
Speaking further, Ododo said that the idea is to bring the聽centre closer to the candidates so as not to travel far to eliminate transportation hazards and not to expose them to insecurity in the country.
“The idea of writing these exams is to give them opportunities to get admitted into other universities and since 2017 till now, 67 universities have admitted our candidates and we are hoping that more will join.
“NOUN is a partner in progress from day one. So far so good, NOUN has been very consistent and even if we have issue, once we raise it, they respond adequately. So, they have been very good partners,” the co-ordinator said.