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Senate Extends Validity of JAMB Result to Three Years
The Nigerian Senate has passed the amendment to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s Act into law. In the amendment passed, the Senate strengthened the Board to allow the results of students in the annual examination be valid for 3 years.
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.
Senate President Bukola Saraki, while appreciating his distinguished colleagues for their work towards the passage of the bill said that the new amendments will indeed bring financial relief to students as well as parents and reduce bottlenecks and corruption in the admission process.
