As Reps Move to Extend Validity of UTME Results, Top Educator Reacts
- The House of Representatives has commenced fresh moves to extend the validity of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result
- The lawmakers said considering other examinations like the WAEC and NECO have infinite validity, the UTME results should have three years
- Hon. Tolulope Shadipe sponsored a bill to extend the validity for four years, but an education consultant, Adesegun Ogungbayi, told Legit.ng that he's averse to these moves
Shomolu, Lagos state - A notable reaction has followed the request by the House of Representatives to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for the validity of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results.
Prince Adesegun Ogungbayi, the project coordinator of the Academic Excellence Initiative (AEI), on Tuesday, August 1, told Legit.ng that the two legislative chambers have been looking for all necessary means to derail the effort of JAMB.
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What extending the validity of UTME results to three years will cause
His reaction comes after the lawmakers asked JAMB to extend the validity of UTME results to three years.
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According to Ogungbayi, the recent stance of the House of Representatives is “myopic”, and therefore, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should reject “their barbaric bill”.
The education expert argued that the proposed bill would not lessen the expenses of parents but rather aggravate them, adding that if passed into law, it would reduce the seriousness of Nigerian students sitting for JAMB.
He told Legit.ng:
"The stand of both the Senate and House of Representatives since year 2016 on the need to make UTME to be valid for three years is unethical, and it shows they don't know the problems that are actually affecting the students they claimed they are protecting or agitating for.
“I can't imagine that some stakeholders are comparing UTME to IETLS, Tofil, and some international examinations that parents are spending millions on and yet no admission. They failed to study the rate of failure of students in international exams, rather they want to impose it on lazy students that are looking for shortcut."
Prince Ogungbayi warned the National Assembly against using its legislative powers to “legalise illegality” as it will create more challenges for the educational system in Nigeria.
House of reps asks JAMB to extend validity of UTME results to 3 years, conduct exams twice per year
Legit.ng reported in July that JAMB had been urged to extend the validity of the UTME results from one to three years.
A member of the House of Representatives, Akin Rotimi, who made the call, also charged JAMB to conduct the UTME at least twice a year.
UTME: What JAMB needs to immediately do on cut-off marks
In a piece of related news, Legit.ng reported that Prince Ogungbayi advised JAMB to come up with a new model for UTME candidates.
The model, according to Ogungbayi, should ensure that candidates who beat the cut-off mark secure admission into the course that their result merit.
Source: Legit.ng
