The dictation mode of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is causing the performance of blind candidates to drop, a school administrator, Mrs Chioma Ohakwe, has said.
Ohakwe, Proprietress, Bethesda Home for the Blind, Mushin, Lagos, said on Sunday that the use of Braillenote Apex machines for administration of UTME to the blind was preferred.
Ohakwe speaking in Lagos said, “We have carefully looked at all the variables surrounding the administration of this examination through the dictation mode, and we discovered that they (blind candidates) prefer the Braillenote Apex machine.
“”We also discovered that since the introduction of the dictation mode, the performance of the candidates have been dropping.
“”Those concerned need to reconsider the administration of UTME through the machine as it gives the candidates a freehand to listen carefully,…
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