The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it would give free application documents to persons with disabilities registering for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
The Board said this in a bulletin shared by its Public Communication Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin on Monday in Abuja.
Registration for the examination started on January 26 and will end on 28 of this month.
So far, the Board has raked in N2,206,319,000.00 from the sales of UTME e-Pins.
It noted that as done in previous years, the free application documents are to be processed by the JAMB-equal Opportunity Group(JEOG) for candidates with disabilities, who wish to sit the 2026/2027 UTME.
The Board explained that the free UTME documents were part of efforts aimed at giving equal opportunities to all categories of candidates with disabilities, who are desirous of pursuing their dreams of higher education.
The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, during a meeting with critical stakeholders of the Board at the National Headquarters, Abuja, restated the Board’s commitment to the welfare of PWDs through its free application documents regime.
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He listed those who will enjoy the free application documents to include, but not limited to, people with Down Syndrome, Autism, Dyslexia, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
“To support the PLWDs, JAMB will issue free application documents to all categories of persons living with disabilities. For candidates to enjoy this, such candidates must possess five credits passed in O/L at not more than two sittings,” Oloyede said.
He also added that audiobooks will be provided for all visually impaired candidates.
Explaining further, Prof Oloyede stated that the audio book is a digital adaptation of the traditional printed reading book, noting that it will come in popular audio formats such as MP3, WMV, and WMA, which will be compatible with all devices that can stream audio records.