This means students who write the entrance exam in a particular year and fail to secure admission in that year can use the same result in the subsequent years up until its expiration three years after.
The bill titled #JAMBBill was sponsored by Senator Joshua Lidani of Gombe South senatorial district.
During the deliberations on the bill, Senator Sam Egwu supports the bill but fears the confusion of having JAMB results valid for 3 years. He said the challenge is space; i.e the carrying capacity of the universities, adding that there’s the need to encourage private university.
Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Bwacha says students results should be valid for up to 3 years as said while opening up more capacity via more Universities.
Senate President, Bukola Saraki spoke in favor of the bill which the senators later voted in support of. The amendment of the bill has passed the second reading and has been referred to the Senate Tertiary Education and TET Fund Committee for further legislative action. This means the bill has one more step to be passed into law.
The Upper chamber had earlier reduced the fee payable for Jamb from #5600 to #2500
Meanwhile, the post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) for candidates seeking admission into higher institution has been scrabble
JAMB has also pegged the cut off mark for admission for 2016 at 180. The 180 cut off mark, applies to all universities and higher institutions in the country, including polytechnics, colleges of education, and others.
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