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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