Nigeria’s university admissions body has said visually impaired candidates who paid for the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration will be refunded at the point of examination, and audio versions of prescribed texts will be provided after registration closes. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), which administers the UTME, had said that registration would be free for blind candidates and other persons with disabilities (PWDs), and that accessible versions of the compulsory English text would be made available. But several candidates who spoke to TechCabal last week claimed they paid the registration fee of ₦7,200 ($5.3) at registration centres across the country and were issued hard copies of the prescribed literature without audio or soft-...