Nigerian Senate reduces UTME (JAMB) Fees To N2,500, extends validity period to 3yrs

Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), well known as JAMB (Joint Admission and Matriculation Board) is a body or agency in-charge or that organize entrance exams to students that wish to study a particular course in Nigerian universities.

Normally JAMB (UTME) result last for one year but recently, the Nigerian Senate extended the validity period to three years from the initial one year validity period.

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The Senate also fix the fee for UTME to 2500 Naira from 5650 Naira it was sold last year 2015.

According to DailyTrust Newspapers, this resolution was taken following the adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund on the inquiry into the new admission policy of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

The Nigerian senate has also condemned the non payment of allowances to student study abroad who are beneficiaries of the Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) as well as other scholarships from the federal Government of Nigeria

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