JAMB CUTOFF MARKS FOR NIGERIA UNIVERSITIES,POLY AND COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

We have been receiving calls and messages from
2015/2016 JAMB UTME applicants regarding the official
cut-off mark of various universities, polytechnics and
colleges of education in Nigeria.
We are happy to inform all JAMBites that JAMB has finally
announced the cut-off marks that would be used for this
year’s admission exercise.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and
tertiary education stakeholders on Thursday in Abuja
adopted 180 as the cut-off mark for 2016 admission into
universities, polytechnics and colleges of education.
The decision was reached at the 2016 Combined Policy
Meeting on Admissions to Degree, Nigerian Certificate of
Education (NCE) and National Diploma (ND) chaired by the
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu. In his opening
remark, Mr. Adamu said if there was confidence in JAMB’s
conduct of the University Tertiary Matriculation
Examinations (UTME), there should be no need for post-
UTME.
The post-UTME is organised by various tertiary institutions
to screen candidates who applied to such institutions and
who had scaled through JAMB’s UTME. “If the universities
have problem with what JAMB is doing, they should come
forward with it and we will address it.
“JAMB is one of the most active parastatals in the ministry;
I expect that policies that would be beneficial to Nigerian
students should be discussed at this meeting. “I believe
there should be no ground to lower the quality; Nov. 30
remains the closing date for 2016 admission. “No
institution should exceed its quota in admission; we will
start issuing penalties to defaulting institutions.’’
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MSG Team.