The Senate has moved to amend a Bill for an Act to amend the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), with a resolution to elongate the validity of the result for three years, and referred it to the Committee on Tertiary Education And TETFund for further legislative input.
The JAMB Bill, which was sponsored by Senator Joshua Lidani of Gombe South Senatorial District sponsored, passed the second reading, during its plenary session on Wednesday.
According to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, he expressed satisfaction at the passage of the Bill, saying that when finally amended, “this piece of legislation will ensure that the JAMB results of students will be valid for up to 3 years as opposed to the current 1 year validity period.”
Saraki said that the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has been saddled with the responsibility of ushering in young school leavers into tertiary institutions for many years.
He added that “due to several factors, hundreds of thousands of candidates that sit for JAMB exams and do not secure their admission into higher institutions in the same year have to sit for the same exam the next year. This is unacceptable.”
The Senate however hopes that the amendment will go a long way in reducing the financial constraints on parents, and the psychological burdens on students who have secured pass marks but are unable to gain admission in the same year.
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