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