Education
Visually Impaired Students Face Challenges Accessing University Placements
TIKVAH Ethiopia · last week · Read the Full Story on TIKVAH Ethiopia
AI SUMMARY
Visually impaired students who achieved passing scores on the 12th-grade exam have reported issues accessing their university placement results, prompting the Ministry of Education to direct them to an online grievance portal.
- Visually impaired students who achieved passing marks on the 12th-grade national examination reported being unable to view their university placement results.
- The passing mark for visually impaired students is 250 and above out of 500 across five subjects.
- Students scoring between 250 and 299 reported that the system displays an error message or fails to show their placements, while those scoring above 300 were able to view theirs.
- Affected students stated that an extended five-day deadline caused their previous submissions to appear unrecorded in the system.
- State Minister of Education Professor Kindeya Gebrehiwot stated that data is received from the Educational Assessment and Examinations Services Agency.
- The Ministry explained that some students may have been filtered out if the 'blind' option was not selected on their admission forms during registration.
- The Ministry instructed students to submit individual complaints through the online grievance portal at https://student.ethernet.edu.et/complaints within a five-day window.
- The Ministry emphasized that grievances submitted in person at its offices will not be processed.
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