ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The House of Representatives has called for the extension of the validity of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result to three years.
This is following a motion moved by Akintunde Rotimi, on Wednesday, who noted that other examinations, like the West African Examination Council (WAEC) and National Examination Council (NECO) have indefinite validity.
He said that the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has continued to ignore the impact of strike on the academic calendar with its single use examination results.
“Despite the incessant strikes embarked upon by ASUU which led to the loss of a complete academic calendar, JAMB still went ahead to administer its examination without recourse to the vailing industrial action by ASUU,” Mr. Rotimi said.
Following the presentation of the motion, the House, therefore, resolved that the “ministry of education should put mechanisms in place to ensure that these resolutions are executed.”