Following protests at the University of Lagos ,
Nigeria ’s Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board (JAMB ) , said that it was set to re- distribute
candidates with cut - off marks less than what
universities of their first choice require to other
institutions that have places for them .
Dr Fabian Benjamin , Head Media and Publicity of
the board told newsmen in Lagos today that the
recent admission policy witnessed at the
University of Lagos was aimed at ensuring that
Nigerian universities admit only the top -best as
was done globally .
Candidates and their parents had on Wednesday ,
July 22 , staged a peaceful protest at the
University of Lagos gate over the high cut- off
marks for 2015 /2016 post -UTME screening . By
the policy , UNILAG reportedly rejected 59, 000
candidates.
“Sequel to this development , the board has
redistributed the other candidates with cut -off
marks less than what their first choice required to
needy institutions . The board , equally , urges
candidates and their parents to check its website
from Friday , July 31 , 2015 for their names and
institutions they are placed in, ” the statement
said .
According to the statement , universities are
centres of excellence anywhere in the world and
that of Nigeria should not be an exception .
It said that JAMB was working round the clock to
ensure that Nigerian universities were among the
best in Africa and perhaps the world in the next
ranking .
The statement explained that the board was also
cautious about utilizing the available spaces in
admitting more candidates bearing in mind the
admission criteria of various needy institutions .
“The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board
(JAMB ) has reiterated that the national cut -off
marks of 180 for universities .
“We also have 150 for Polytechnics, Colleges of
Education and Innovative Enterprise institutions in
the 2015 UTME as a bench mark to set the tone
for 2015 admission exercise.
“The decision to have a national accepted cut- off
mark at the policy meeting was to serve as a
guide and pruning mechanism.
“It will also give the tertiary institutions
qualitative and manageable candidates to choose
from a pool of candidates desirous of tertiary
education .
“However , universities and other levels of tertiary
institutions are at liberty to go higher , but not
lower, depending on their peculiarities and the
performance of candidates that choose them ,” it
explained.
The statement added that the board wished to
state that no candidate would be denied any right
to aspire to tertiary education .
According to the statement , the board is equally
aware that some universities have their own
admission cut -off marks acceptable by the board
for the various courses they offered .
“Please be informed that the board will always
ensure that these institutions apply this cut - off
marks uniformly across all candidates without
discrimination.


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All is well

For example now, one chose Unical has his first choice to study sociology and score 197 in the utme. Now, Unical raises its sociology cutoff mark to 206 making it ineligible for those who scored below. So now, does that mean Jamb will redistribute that student with 197 to another institution?

I don't know who send them...it would have made sense if candidates were informed before now...many would have changed their course to a less competitive ones...

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