The Acting Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, NUC, Chris Maiyaki, says the Commission is ready and willing to introduce courses and programmes that would deepen national capacity towards meeting the objectives of providing equal opportunities for Persons Living With Disabilities, PLWDs.
Maiyaki made this pledge on Monday while speaking at the maiden edition of the National Conference on Equal Opportunity of Access to Higher Education organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB.
The NUC boss stated that this was in line with the Commission’s resolve to continually update and develop globally acceptable minimum academic standards for effective delivery of university education in the country.
According to the NUC boss, available statistics indicated that there were over twenty seven million Nigerians living with one form of disability or the other, including visual, hearing, physical, intellectual and communication impairment.
He reiterated that the National Policy on Education provided for inclusive education for all Nigerians.
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