JAMB: Senate Finally Extends UTME Result Validity

The Nigerian Senate just passed the amendment to the JAMB’s Act into law.
In the amendment passed, the Senate strengthened the Board to allow the results of students in the annual examination be valid beyond one year.

This means UTME Results of students is now valid for 3 years.

According to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Education and TETFund, Senator Jibrin Barau while presenting the report of his committee on the Bill explained that the amendments will further strengthen the Admissions Board in its responsibilities.

Senate President Bukola Saraki, in appreciating his distinguished colleagues for their work towards the passage of the bill, he also commented that the new amendments will indeed bring financial relief to students as well as parents and reduce bottlenecks and corruption in the admission process.