The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has been asked to extend the validity of the UTME results to three years.
The House of Representatives made the request, encouraging JAMB to hold the UTME at least twice a year.
JAMB exam results are only valid for a year under the existing setup.
Candidates who do not receive admission that year are expected to retake the exam the following year in order to continue their pursuit of postsecondary 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 said that nothing in the existing laws creating JAMB prevents it from promptly carrying out the house’s resolutions on the subject.
According to the legislator, the house also passed a proposal to form an ad hoc committee to carry out the resolution.
