JAMB issues audiobook for visually impaired DE, UTME candidates
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has issued audiobooks for visually impaired candidates seeking to take the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) or gain admission through Direct Entry (DE).
The latest innovation was contained in a document titled ‘Registrar’s Report on 2023 Admission and 2024 UTME’ and released at this year’s policy meeting which took place at Hairat Ade Balogun Auditorium, Body of Benchers, Abuja on Thursday.
The exam body said the audiobook aims to provide a level playing field for all candidates.
JAMB also disclosed that the material is a digital adaptation of the traditional reading book, adding that it is in audio file formats like WMV, MP3, WMA, AAC, etc.
The board said the innovation was suggested at the first national conference on equal opportunity of access to higher education in Nigeria between September 25 and 26, 2023.
“It is a digital adaptation of the traditional reading book. It is in popular audio file format like WMV, MP3, WMA, AAC, etc. It is compatible with all devices that can stream audio records,” the document reads in part.
“This helps the blind candidates to easily understand the subject/text.”
About 577 visually impaired candidates wrote this year’s UTME in eleven centres nationwide.
