JAMB Plans To Admit 825,000 PWDs By 2029
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed its plans to admit 825,000 people with disability (PWD) by 2029.
The Minister of State for Education, Yusuf Sununu, disclosed this while speaking at the recent Africa Regional Conference on Equal Opportunity of Access to Higher Education (ARCEAHED) in Maitama, Abuja.
He also added that JAMB, at the 67th National Council on Education meeting in December 2023, obtained approval to waive post-UTME for PWDs.
“This initiative, together with the ambitious target to enrol 825,000 students with disabilities cumulatively over the next five years, demonstrates our unwavering commitment to realizing equal access to education,” he said.
“All tertiary institutions in Nigeria are to offer admissions to all candidates with disabilities who possess minimum admissible scores into the programmes of their choice after writing UTME.”
