Reps Ask JAMB To Extend Validity of UTME Results to Three Years

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has been asked to extend the validity of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results to three years.

The House of Representatives made the call with lawmakers urging JAMB to conduct the UTME at least twice a year.

By the current arrangement, the exam results conducted by JAMB is only valid for a year.

Candidates who cannot get admission for that year are expected to take the exam the following year to pursue their quest for tertiary education.

Akin Rotimi, the lawmaker representing Ekiti North 1 federal constituency, moved the motion and asked JAMB to “rethink” the arrangement to meet global standards.

Rotimi said the move “would bring immediate relief to students and their parents/sponsors, who bear the burden of paying every year for the exam, as well as give candidates multiple windows to sit for the exam in a year”.

He also argued that nothing in the extant act establishing JAMB stops it from immediately carrying out the resolutions of the house on the subject.

The lawmaker said the house also adopted a motion seeking the establishment of an ad-hoc committee to implement the resolution of the house.