Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has commended the Joint Admissions And Matriculation Board(JAMB) for providing candidates with disabilities the opportunity to participate in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The Governor hailed the Board’s Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, for coming up with the Jamb Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG) an inclusive education platform, that has been affording physically challenged candidates access to tertiary institutions to pursue their careers.
Speaking at the Ekiti State University( EKSU) Ado- Ekiti, centre for the special candidates participating in this year’s UTME conducted by JOEG, the Governor.represented by his
Special Adviser on Special Education and Social Inclusion, Mrs Adetoun Agboola, expressed the state government’s readiness to continue to support the education of People With Disabilities(PwDs) in the state.
The Special Adviser revealed government efforts in the promotion of the education of People With Disabilities (PWDs) saying that the State University is now in the process of establishing the department of special education.
She added that the initiative will provide access and opportunity for higher education for graduates of the Special Schools in their catchment areas.
” The current administration of Biodun Oyebanji is happy with what JAMB is doing and his government will continue to support our special students just like we have been doing in the past and I can assure you that no one irrespective of their conditions will be left behind when it comes to education.”
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