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C M Y K 28 — Vanguard, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019 UTME: Oloyede’s special attention for blind candidates is model for Africa — OKEBUKOLA •As Adedoja seeks computer education for the blind By Dayo Adesulu THE Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede’s special attention to blind candidates sitting for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) has been commended in many countries and cited as model for Africa. Former Executive Secretary (NUC) and UNESCO consultant, Professor Peter Okebukola during the UTME for blind candidates in Lagos said:’’This JAMB initiative has been cited in the last two years in several countries, as a good model for Africa.’’ You will recall that in 2017, JAMB’s leadership under Professor Ishaq Oloyede set up the Equal Opportunity Group with Professor Peter Okebukola, as Chairman. The Group is made up of senior academics including experts in special education and other relevant stakeholders. Speaking with Vanguard during the examination, Professor Okebukola said: ‘’The goal of the Oloyede-led JAMB is to ensure that no Nigerian who is eligible, is prevented from taking the UTME regardless of disability, adding, ‘’Professor Oloyede holds the firm view that we must have a level playing field for all candidates.’’ According to him, so long as the candidate is intellectually capable and meets the minimum conditions for admission in the university/polytechnic/colleges of education of choice, he/she should have a good chance of admission placement. He said 390 blind candidates on Tuesday and Wednesday this week wrote the examinations across the UTME centres in Abuja, Lagos, Kano and Enugu States under the chairmanship of Professor Peter Okebukola. Many of the 139 blind candidates who sat for the UTME at the University of Lagos, UNILAG centre, expressed joy for the equal opportunity that JAMB under the leadership of Professor Ishaq Oloyede has given to them. ‘’So far, a respectable number of blind candidates processed through the JAMB Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG) have secured admission to federal, state and private universities, polytechnics and colleges of education,’’ he said. In the breakdown of the four JAMB centres for the blinds From left: NYSC State Coordinator, Ogun State, Mrs Belinda Faniyi, Ag Director, Corps Welfare, NYSC. Mr Abdul Rasheed Sanusi,Camp Director, Mrs Mojisola Oyenuga, Camp Commadant,Captain MO Airende and Assistant Director of Press, Mrs Florence Takon. A respectable number of blind candidates processed through the JAMB Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG) have secured admission to federal, state and p r i v a t e universities, polytechnics and colleges of education across the country, he said that Abuja had 57 candidates, Enugu 59, Kano 135 and Lagos 139. Speaking in the same vein, Former Minister for Sports and Special Duties and Former Provost of the Federal College of Education Special Oyo, Professor Taoheed Adedoja said: ‘’As an Educator with passion for person’s with disability am here as one of the monitoring teams for the JAMB Examination for blind persons being held at the University of Lagos.’’ ‘’The recent law that has been passed by the National Assembly and signed by President Buhari will open better access to disabled people in Nigeria,’’ he said. He reiterated that it is a good thing for our country to have opportunity for persons with disability to have access to higher education in Nigeria. He said: ‘’We have had a lot of cases of discrimination against disabled persons, even those that are not disabled in Nigeria does not have the opportunity to access higher eduction in Nigeria. ‘’If you look at the last five years, only about 16 to 17 percentage of youths in secondary schools and graduates have access to higher education. ‘’JAMB is conscious of the need and opportunity given to people with disability particularly blind persons that desire education. I think, it is a welcome development in this country. ‘’Irrespective of ones disability, there is virtually no academic discipline that disabled persons cannot do, Those on wheelchair can study medicine, study law, economics and virtually everything you can think of. ‘’The same thing with blind persons, blind persons can be best lawyers in this country, can be best engineers even computer scientists, blind persons can be best economics in this country, blind persons can be best teacher, blind persons can undertake any course of study in the Social and Management sciences.’’ Asked his assessment of the examination, Professor Adedoja said: ‘’You can see for yourself that the blind persons are very happy that the country is catering for them, they are happy that they are going to have opportunities in life, opportunities in education, that is why special centre is created for them. ‘’Virtually all the opportunities that are available for non blind persons are also available to blind persons but they need to acquire more opportunities. One of the best ways of acquiring more opportunities is to give computer education to the blind person. Out of one hundred blind persons in Nigeria, only one blind person is computer literate. ‘’Out of 100 blind persons, the maximum you have with computer knowledge is two. Today, out of about one hundred and thirty-nine blind candidates that are sitting for JAMB, only JAMB is conscious of the need and opportunity given to people with disability particularly blind persons that desire education seven of them are computer literate. We can not leave this to government alone, the private sector must come in to assist the blind people to be computer literate because computer literacy is key.’’ He explained that without computer literacy, they can not fit into the social economic development of any country, can not have access to information and key issues in education and E- learning. In his remarks, former Vice- Chancellor of Ekiti State University, Professor Samuel Bandele said he was delighted to join other professors in the supervision of the UTME for the blind. He said: ‘’This is one of the exceptional unique innovations brought in by the current registrar of JAMB, Professor Ishaq Oloyede. ‘’I am particularly encouraged that he committed this kind of special programme in the hands of Prof. Okebukola who does everything to perfection. He urged everyone to appreciate JAMB innovation for the blind. ‘’They should not be deprived of university education. This is one of the most novel innovation that the jamb registrar has brought into the examination. ‘’Candidates should be grateful to God, the current leadership of JAMB and also to those managing this particular type of innovation. ‘’They should take advantage of it and when they get to the university, they should excel and know they are humans like others.’’ On his part, Barr. Danlami Basharu, the Executive Director of the Anglo Welfare Association For the Blind and the current chairman of the United Nations Committee on the Right of Persons with Disabilities said he was satisfied that the blinds are being given the ability to sit for the Jamb examination. He, however said that he would have preferred that blind candidates use the CBT. He said: ‘’The Nigeria Association of the Blind have been discussing with JAMB, stating that we want the blind students to be fully involved in the CBT type examínations. ‘’However many of our students at the moment are not conversant with the use of the computer. ‘’We have discussed with JAMB to give us about five years whereby we can train all the blind students with the use of the computer. This will also help them to sit for mathematics examinations because mathematics has been a difficult issue for blind students. ‘’However that is not possible for now because we have realized that JAMB has made exceptional grounds to ensure that they take the examination which is very appreciable and met united nations requirements as well.’’
Vanguard, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019 — 29 FCMB partners ASIF on Corps members empowerment 5 yrs after Chibok girls' abduction... By Ikechukwu Agada IT was an emotional sight across the world as Nigerians all over the world gathered to empathise and solidarise with the children and families of the abducted school girls five years on. Tears freely had a field day as speakers took turns to express misgivings over the five years captivity of the Chibok school girls. From Abuja to Lagos and all over the world, the Bring Back Our Girls(BBOG) campaigners congregated under the theme : “INTERFAITH VIGIL” which held from April 12 th to April 14 th . At the Unity Fountain in Abuja, 112 empty seats depicting school seats of the Chibok girls were arranged. The leading voices of the campaign in Abuja like Oby Ezekwesili and Aisha Yesufu were present as an honour to mark the grand finale of the vigil on Sunday 14 th of April.One of the parents broke down uncontrollably as she wept bitterly telling God via proverbs to intervene. Investigationsby Vanguard reveal that the campaigners erected a conspicous billboard with different inscriptions, some of them reads:'' #5YearsTooLong,#Rescue OurGirlsNow, #BringBackOurGIRLS.'' It was also discovered from their bold inscriptions that 276 girls were kidnapped five years ago, 57 escaped, 107 were found/released while 112 are still missing. In Lagos, at the Falomo roundabout venue, Eti-Osa L.G.A, the vigil went on for three days. At the grand finale led and compered by Mrs Yemi Ramson Kuti, it was time for sober reflection. With a national anthem that betray loyalty to Nigeria to other touching choruses, several speakers held the audience spell bound with their encouraging speech. Mrs Yemi Ramsom Kuti “said that the people at the helms of affair in Nigeria must expedite actions that will ensure freedom for the remaining girls’’. The secretary to the Ikoyi/ Obalende LCDA who stood in for the chairman said “ that the government at the local level feels the pain of the parents and would not hesitate to communicate the message to the state and federal levels”. Several clerics from different faiths also prayed for the release of the kids. In a heavily worded message, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo of the Trinity House Church, Lagos encouraged the campaigners never to relent in praying, for God answers prayers. Using bible verses to buttress his points, he reminded the audience that five is a number of grace, as such, a special grace will locate them for good. He prayed extensively for the release of the girls. Mrs Ayo Obe, a lawyer and activist, read a prepared Students of C o r o n a Secondary S c h o o l , A g b a r a displaying cultural d a n c e during their Annual Inter H o u s e Sports held at the school new sporting complex, A g b a r a , Ogun State. speech which took the audience down memory lane on the activities of Boko Haram in Nigeria starting from Chibok to Dapchi and others. Mrs Yemi Adamolekun also charged the group to remain faithful and committed, trusting God that in the end, they will celebrate the release of the girls. Finally, Mr Stephen, an anchor and an NTA TV series climate energy host, said he lost his cousin, an INEC adhoc staff in Rivers State as a result of the new wave of killings ongoing in the country. He reminded the audience that he has been an apostle of peace supporting the Buhari administration but decried the recent incessant taking of lives by armed bandits. JAMB candidates donate food items to orphanage home By Henry Ojelu A group of candidates preparing for the forthcoming Joint Admission Matriculation Board, JAMB examination have donated several food items to the Citadel of Grace Mission International Orphanage home in Igando, Lagos. The over 150 candidates currently attend Success Mandate Pre-Varsity Academy which organises an annual Mandate to Save-A- Soul Project to orphanage homes. Items donated by the candidates includes, bags of rices, tubers of yam, vegetable oil, noodles, custard, toiletries and baby care products. Speaking during the presentation of the items to the orphanage home, Coordinator of Success Academy and Founder of Save-A-Soul Charity Outreach, Mr. Ken Anoruo said his dream is to continuously encourage the younger general to imbibe the culture of generosity and empathy. Mr. Anoruo who is also a lawyer noted that as the students prepare to enter another phase of their academic pursuit, it is important that they should be exposed to the noble goal of giving to the needy and less privileged in the society. “ This is the 10 th year since we started this project and by the grace of God, the impact has been tremendous. What you see here is gift of love contributed by students in our tutorial academy for the welfare of the children in this orphanage home. By Buhari Abu FIRST City Monumental Bank (FCMB) in partner with Activate Success International Foundation, ASIF have empowered corps members with entrepreneurial skills during the 2019 edition of the ‘Youth Entrepreneurship and Empowerment Programme’ (YEEP) held across three NYSC orientation camps in Lagos, Abuja and Benue States. The aim of the ‘Youth Entrepreneurship and Empowerment Programme’ (YEEP) is to mentor corps members on practical steps to become successful entrepreneurs in their chosen fields and to also provide career guidance. The initiative which is in line with the bank’s commitment towards youths empowerment in entrepreneurship would create an avenue for sponsoring capacity building programmes embark on by industrious corps members. The bank constantly seeks for avenues to provide multiple opportunities that would inspire, empower youths with the requisite resources to start successful businesses and enable them to be actively engaged to become successful business owners. Speakers who spoke at the event include; the founder of Activate Success International Foundation, Ms. Love Idoko who By Elizabeth Uwandu Sports activities have b e e n described as veritable tool to raise children who are academically and physically sound. Mrs. Adesua Obaseki , Director, FasTrack Group of School, Festac made this known at its 2019 inter-house competition recently. The event which saw pupils and students of the school engaged in sports activities such as; relay race, bursting the balloons, picking of the balls, parents relay race among others, had pupils from the Nursery and Primary section took part in the march past competition. While Emerald (Green) house took the first position with 84 percent; second position was taken by Ruby (Red) house with 81 percent. For the secondary section, Yellow delivered her lecture in Abuja alongside Mr. Seyi Adekunle of Vodi Tailors and popular actor cum broadcaster, Uti Nwachukwu. Others were, cerebral actor and author, Femi Jacobs and Mr. Apeh Iwodi, an architect cum entrepreneur who was in charge of Lagos while Pastor Abel Uloko, a socioprenuer, thought leader and life coach mentored the corps members on entrepreneur in Benue State. One of the speakers, Love Idoko while delivering her lecture on ‘Six Things I Wish Every Youth Knew’ said: ‘’Youths must endeavour to make the right decisions, have a plan, be their own greatest fan, detoxify their lives, read books and be a good finisher. ‘’Success as an entrepreneur starts with the right decision. You must never underestimate the impact a single decision can have as one wrong move can ruin a career, business or one’s entire life. ‘’To be successful, you need to have a plan. ‘’No matter where you are in life, you can be successful if you have a plan for action. You also need to look at your life and evaluate the relationships you keep. Some relationships are energy draining and toxic. ‘’If you are serious about your dream, you have to detoxify your life. You must also read books to update your knowledge and remain relevant in your field.'' Sports: A Tool for total child devt house took the Gold medal with 83 percent, Green house took the second position while Red house took the silver medal. Mrs. Obaseki, explained that the reason behind the inter-house sports festival to encourage the enthronement of sports as a necessary tool for the development of the child. Her words,” FasTrack prides herself as a leading school that encourages extracurriculum activities like sports, arts and the use of technology in the education of children. “ We aim to produce a “Total Child”, one who can compete with others from within and outside the country. In addition, ensure that the parents and management relationship is cordial, because parents play an important role in the development of children” she said.
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