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JAMB Announces "Cut-Off Marks" for Admission into Varsities, Polytechnics
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JAMB Announces "Cut-Off Marks" for Admission into Varsities, Polytechnics

by  Adekunle Dada 2 min read
  • The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the "cut-off" mark for admission into tertiary institutions
  • JAMB registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, pegged 140 as a "cut-off" mark for university and 100 for admission into polytechnics and colleges of education
  • According to JAMB, there's no such thing as a 'cut-off mark' in the admission process to tertiary institutions in Nigeria

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FCT, Abuja - The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has pegged 140 as a "cut-off" mark for admission into the university.

JAMB registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede announced this at the 2024 Policy meeting in Abuja on Thursday, July 18.

JAMB announces cut-off mark for admission into tertiary institutions
JAMB pegs university cut-Off mark at 140 Photo credit: UTME
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Oloyede also announced 100 as the minimum "cut-off" point mark for admission into polytechnics and colleges of education, Channels Television reports.

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The examination board explained that there's no such thing as a 'cut-off mark' in the admission process to tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

According to JAMB, what's obtainable is the a the a minimum tolerable score determined by individual institutions.

JAMB further stated that this is not a cut-off rather it means that no university is allowed to go below 140.

Oloyede added that different universities have their own benchmark score for admitting Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates for the 2024/25 academic session.

Legit.ng recalls that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led federal government pegged the age for admission into tertiary institutions at 18.

The minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, said underage students were responsible for some of the problems in Nigerian higher institutions.

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Legit.ng earlier reported that JAMB released the names of top scorers and their states of origin in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)

The registrar of the board, Professor Ishaq Oloyede said three candidates - ⁠Olowu David from Ondo state, Alayande David from Oyo state and Orukpe Joel from Edo state scored the highest mark of 367.

According to the list, 13 UTME candidates made the top ten scorers in the entrance examination into tertiary institutions.

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Adekunle Dada (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Adekunle Dada is a trained journalist with over 7 years of working experience. He is also a Politics/Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng. He holds a B.Sc. in Mass Communication From Lagos State University, Ojo. Adekunle previously worked at PM News, The Sun, and Within Nigeria where he expressed his journalistic skills with well-researched articles and features. In 2024, Adekunle obtained a certificate in advanced digital reporting from the Google News Initiative. He can be reached via adekunle.dada@corp.legit.ng.

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