Senate asks JAMB to extend validity of
results to 3 years

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The Senate, yesterday, directed the Joint Admissions
and Matriculation Board, JAMB, to extend the validity
of its results to a period of at least three years. JAMB
was also ordered to immediately stop its policy of re-
assigning candidates to schools they didn't apply to,
saying such policy was contrary to the act establishing the board.

The order came following a motion entitled:
”JAMB’s New Admission Policy, “ sponsored by
Senator Joshua Lidani, APC, Gombe South, which was
debated during plenary.



They also urged JAMB to consult widely with Parents
Teachers Association, PTA, ASUU and all other
stakeholders in the education sector with a view to
coming out with a friendlier holistic, comprehensive
and sustainable admissions policy.

It also directed its Committee on Education to enquire
into circumstances surrounding the JAMB policy,
including all allegations of favouritism and generally
review the power of JAMB vis-a-vis administration
and submit findings within one week.

Lidani said JAMB, at its 2015 Combined Policy Meeting,
held on July 14, 2015, in Abuja, announced the
adoption of a policy whereby candidates of
universities with surplus applicants for the Unified
Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, were
reassigned to other universities with lower number of candidates than their capacities. Which he said
was inappropriate because some candidates get sent
to private universities that they cant afford.

Source: Vanguard

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