JAMB to consider only candidates with basic requirement for admissions - Official
- The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said only candidate who meet up with admission requirements will gain entrance into institutions
- The board said all candidates must fulfill the basic requirement of an O'level or A' level certificate
- JAMB also said scoring above the 120 cut-off mark announced by JAMB is not a guarantee for gaining admission
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned that only candidates who meet up with the basic admission requirements would be admitted for the 2017/2018 academic year.
The board said all candidates expecting to gain admission into any tertiary institution for the forthcoming academic year must fulfill the basic requirement of an O'level or A' level certificate.
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JAMB's registrar Ishaq Oloyede while speaking in Abuja at a Training and Sensitization Forum on Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) for admission offers, candidates and stakeholders on Thursday, September 21, said the necessary requirements must be met.
Oloyede added that scoring above the 120 cut-off mark announced by JAMB is not a guarantee for gaining admission.
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He further stressed that only candidate with relevant requirements will be able to gain admission.
Legit.ng earlier reported that JAMB released cut-off marks for the 2017/2018 academic session.
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The cut-off mark the board was pegged at 120 for universities and 100 for polytechnics.
The board however said that institutions are at liberty to raise their cut-off mark above that announced by JAMB.
You can watch a Legit.ng TV video below of Nigerians complaining about the hassle of JAMB registration:
Source: Legit.ng
