The bill according to the Nigerian Senate will ensure that Nigerian students would be able to use their JAMB results for up to three years as opposed to the one year validity it currently has.
The #JambBill SB. 245 amendment is to ensure, amongst other things that JAMB Results of Students be valid for up to 3 Years.
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— Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) June 1, 2016
Senate President, Bukola Saraki also made the announcement via his Twitter and Facebook page today. He tweeted;
Today at the @NGRSenate, we passed the 2nd Reading of a bill to amend the validity period of JAMB from 1 year to 3 years. #JAMBBill
— Bukola Saraki (@bukolasaraki) June 1, 2016
It is the hope of @NGRSenate that the #JAMBBill amendment will reduce financial and psychological burdens on Nigerian students.
— Bukola Saraki (@bukolasaraki) June 1, 2016
And wrote on Facebook’
It gives me great joy to announce that today at the Senate, we passed for Second Reading a Bill to amend the #JAMBBill. 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. 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. However, due to several factors, hundreds of thousands of candidates that sit 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. It is our hope at the 8th Senate that this 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.
The amendment of #JAMBBILL seeks to elongate the validity of JAMB results up to 3years. — Sen. Ahmed Ogembe (@AhmedOgembe) June 1, 2016.
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