{"id":12781,"date":"2023-07-13T15:52:52","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T15:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=12781"},"modified":"2023-07-13T15:52:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T15:52:56","slug":"rep-members-urge-jamb-to-increase-result-validity-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/rep-members-urge-jamb-to-increase-result-validity-period\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep members urge JAMB to increase result validity period"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The House of Representatives has called on the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, to allow its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) results to be valid for at least three years and should conduct entry exams, at least, twice annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This followed the adoption of a motion by Akintunde Rotimi at plenary on Wednesday 13 July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving the motion, the lawmaker expressed concerns that JAMB examination results are only valid one year, adding that if candidates cannot secure admission into any tertiary institution of their choice in the academic year the exam was retaken, <em>\u201cthe result is wasted no matter how good it is.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/House-of-Reps3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/House-of-Reps3.jpg 750w, https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/House-of-Reps3-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He said despite the incessant strikes embarked upon by Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, which lead to the loss of complete academic calendars, JAMB still goes ahead to administer its examination annually without recourse to the effects of lecturers\u2019 industrial action on the academic calendars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the backlog of candidates waiting for admissions into the limited vacancies in Nigeria\u2019s tertiary institutions, and its attendant pressure on the education system and parents, was worrisome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawmaker said the development had put parents in \u201cdouble jeopardy\u201d as they are forced to enroll their wards yearly for the examination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adopting the motion, the House urged the Federal Minister of Education to put mechanisms in place to ensure that the resolutions are executed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Vanguard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send?text=Reps%20seek%203-year%20validity%20for%20JAMB%20result%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vanguardngr.com%2F2023%2F07%2Freps-seek-3-year-validity-for-jamb-result%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/share\/url?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vanguardngr.com%2F2023%2F07%2Freps-seek-3-year-validity-for-jamb-result%2F&amp;text=Reps%20seek%203-year%20validity%20for%20JAMB%20result\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Reps%20seek%203-year%20validity%20for%20JAMB%20result%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vanguardngr.com%2F2023%2F07%2Freps-seek-3-year-validity-for-jamb-result%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vanguardngr.com%2F2023%2F07%2Freps-seek-3-year-validity-for-jamb-result%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vanguardngr.com%2F2023%2F07%2Freps-seek-3-year-validity-for-jamb-result%2F&amp;title=Reps%20seek%203-year%20validity%20for%20JAMB%20result\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vanguardngr.com%2F2023%2F07%2Freps-seek-3-year-validity-for-jamb-result%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House of Representatives has called on the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, to allow its Unified Tertiary Matriculation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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