The
Nigerian Senate on Thursday, October 13, extended the validity period of the
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination (UTME) to three years against the present one year.
The
extension was sequel to the amendment of the Act establishing the JAMB and it
scaled through third reading today. To this end, results obtained from the
board by candidates seeking admission into universities are expected to last
for three years. The Senate adopted the recommendation that the UTME examination
should have a validity period of three years to reduce the financial burden on
parents.
Read the statement below:
“The Nigerian
Senate just passed the amendment to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board’s Act #JAMBBill SB. 245 into law. In the amendment passed, the Senate
strengthened the Board to allow the results of students in the annual
examination be valid beyond that year.
Chairman of the
Senate Committee on Tertiary Education and TETFund, Senator Jibrin Barau while
presenting the report of his committee on the #JAMBBill explained that the
amendments will further strengthen the Admissions Board in its
responsibilities.
No comments:
Post a Comment