The Federal Ministry of Education on Tuesday ordered universities and other tertiary institutions in the country to exempt blind and deaf people from the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
They were also instructed to exclude prisoners as well as foreign centre candidates from the exam.
The ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Sonny Echono, who gave the order, said such individuals were under the Special Needs category and should be considered for admission, provided they met the minimum requirements.
Echono spoke at the 2019 Policy meeting on admission organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in Gbongan, Osun State.
He also said no tertiary institution should collect above the ministry’s approved fee of N2,000 for any post-UTME screening.
Echono said, “Admission to all programmes leading the award of a first degree, national diploma and Nigeria Certificate in Education must be processed through the Central Admissions Processing System of JAMB. Also, all tertiary institutions must ensure that they update their matriculation lists on the Central Admissions Processing System as appropriate in content and on time.
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