By Fatima Zahra Muhammad
ASHENEWS reports that the JAMB Equal Opportunity Group(JEOG) has rescheduled its first National Conference on Equal Opportunity of Access to Higher Education in Nigeria.
The Acting Director, Public Affairs and Protocol of JAMB, Fabian Benjamin disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday.
Benjamin said that the date change is as a result of a possible declaration of Wednesday, 27th September 2023, as a public holiday by the Federal Government.
“The Board regrets all inconveniences occasioned by this change in date and calls on all stakeholders, including all Heads of Tertiary Institutions; Heads of Examination Bodies – the West African Examination Council (WAEC); National Examinations Council (NECO); National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB); National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies (NBAIS); State Commissioners of Education; Heads of Schools of Persons with Disabilities; Deans of Faculties of Education and Heads of Departments of Special Education; Leaders and Members of Association of Persons with Disabilities and the General Public, to note this change and act accordingly.
“All other information pertaining to venue and time remains as earlier announced.”
The conference, which has the theme: ”Towards Increasing Equal Opportunity of Access to Higher Education in Nigeria” is aimed at boosting the enrolment opportunities of persons with disabilities in the Nigerian tertiary education system.
