JAMB RELEASES NEW CUT-OFF MARK FOR TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
JAMB RELEASES NEW
CUT-OFF MARK FOR TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
JAMB released new cut-off marks for tertiary institutions - The
institutions are however at liberty to raise theirs above JAMB's requirement -
The cut-off mark for universities was put at 120 while that of polytechnics was
pegged at 100 The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released
the cut-off marks for Nigerian tertiary institutions while also lifting the ban
for post UTME examination. Premium Times reports that these decisions were
taken at the 2017 Combined Policy Meetings on Admissions into Tertiary
Institutions in Nigeria which ended on Tuesday, August 22. Minimum cut-off
marks for tertiary institutions are: Universities were pegged at 120 -
Polytechnics and colleges of education were pegged at 100 - Innovative
enterprising institutes was pegged at 110 Institutions were however allowed to
raise their cut-off marks above JAMB’s stipulation.
It was also agreed that admissions into public degree awarding
institutions for the 2017 UTME examination will end on January 15, 2018 while
private institutions will end theirs on January 31, 2018. It was also revealed
that decisions on first choice candidates by universities will be expected to
be complete by October 15 and second choice candidates will end on December 15.
The rest of the students seeking admission will be available for other institutions
till the January closing dates. Ishaq Oloyede who is the registrar of JAMB said
a Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) will be used to streamline
admission processes among institutions based on challenges associated with the
former approach. He said: “All over the world, there is agitation for dynamic
educational policy,” he said. “JAMB only admits for National Diploma, not
Higher National Diploma; so why should we use the same requirement for ND and
BSC, that is unreasonable parity.
“We should not be sentimental in fixing our cut off mark; we need not
over-dramatise issue of cut off mark.” He noted that the number of those
seeking admission to study agriculture had dropped while those for medicine and
health science rose. He also spoke about illegal admissions saying the new
process allows the registrar to approve all candidates. “About 17,160 students
were admitted without JAMB across institutions in Nigeria,” he added.
Recall that It was previously reported that the post-Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examinations (post-UTME) conducted for candidates seeking
admission into higher institution was scrapped by the Federal Government. The
Federal Government explained that all tertiary institutions were at liberty to
conduct screening for candidates seeking admission into any school.