No fewer than 4,216 candidates living with disabilities have secured admission into Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education across Nigeria over the last decade through the intervention of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB’s Equal Opportunity Group, JEOG.
The Chairman of JEOG and former Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Emeritus Professor Peter Okebukola, disclosed this at the 2026 JAMB National Stakeholder Engagement on Inclusivity and Higher Education Summit.
Established by the outgoing JAMB Registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, the JAMB Equal Opportunity Group was created to guarantee equal access to the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Tertiary Education Opportunities for Candidates With Disabilities.
Okebukola said the initiative has maintained an impressive admission record, with an average of 53% participating candidates gaining placements into tertiary institutions annually.
The former NUC boss stressed that beneficiaries of the programme sit the same examinations and were subjected to the same academic standards as every other UTME candidate.
According to him, beneficiaries of the programme include candidates with visual impairment, autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome, albinism and other forms of disabilities.
(Editor: Ken Eseni)
