The house of representatives has asked the Joint Admissions
and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to extend the validity of the Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination (UTME) results to three years.
The lower legislative chamber also urged the board to
conduct the UTME at least twice a year.
By current arrangement, result of the exam conducted by JAMB
is only valid for a year.
Candidates who are unable to get admission for that year are
expected to take the exam the next year to pursue their quest for tertiary
education.
But moving the motion on Wednesday, Akin Rotimi, the
lawmaker representing Ekiti north 1 federal constituency, asked JAMB to
“rethink” the arrangement to meet global standard.
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 argued that there is nothing in the extant act
establishing JAMB that stops it from immediately carrying out the resolutions
of the house on the subject.
In a statement, the lawmaker said the house also adopted a
motion seeking to establish an ad-hoc committee to discuss the resolution of
the house with JAMB and other and relevant authorities.
“In addition to
passing my motion, the honourable house also passed a motion for an additional
prayer moved by Hon. Olumide Osoba, establishing an ad-hoc committee of the
house to liaise with the authorities of JAMB and the ministry of education to
ensure the resolution is expeditiously carried out,” he said.
Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, a member of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) from Oyo state, moved a similar bill during the 9th assembly.
However, the bill — which sought extension of UTME’s
validity to four years — was stalled after the second reading.
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