establishing the joint Admission and matriculation Board (jamb) in
order to allow for adequate consultation with stakeholders.
The red chamber had approved the extension of the validity of the
result of the unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations( UTME) being
conducted by jamb to three year.
The decision, the senate had said was granted to reduce the financial
burden of the examination on parents, students and jamb.
Chairman senate committee on Education(basic and secondary) senator
Aliyu Wamakko confirmed the suspension during an oversight visit to
the headquarters of jamb in Abuja.
Wamakko who was represented by senator Ajayi Boroffice stated that the
senate would not make any law that would impade on the programme of
any institutions.
He said" Your jamb result is only valid for one year and we thought it
will be better for it to valid at least for three years.it will reduce
the burden on parents on the students themselves even on the
institutions that is conducting the test, I think it is what is good
for all of us and I don't tink the public will reject it.
Responding Jamb registrar is-haq oloyede said he is happy the senate
listened to its appeal to suspend the amendment of the act.