going back on the amendment of bill to extend the validity period of the
Joint Admission Matriculation Board examination (JAMB) result from
one year to three years.
Bukola Saraki made this known after the passage of the bill to amend the
JAMB Act on the floor of the Upper Chamber. He said: "It is technically
already a fiat accompli and senators should help the average Nigerian
student.
"It is the hope of Senate that the JAMB amendment bill will reduce
financial and psychological burdens on Nigerian students.
"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 thousand of candidates
that sit for JAMB exams do not secure their admission into higher
institutions in the same year. They have to sit for same exam following
year. This is unacceptable.
"It is our hope in the 8th Senate that this amendment will go a long way
in reducing financial constraint on parents and psychological burden on
students who have secured pass mark but unable to secure admission
same year," he added.
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