Candidates seeking admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria now have cause to smile as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed the minimum cut-off marks for 2017, despite the ongoing strike by the academic staff union of universities.

At a policy meeting on the 2017/2018 admission exercise in Abuja, the Registrar of JAMB, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, announced 120 as the minimum cut-off marks for admissions into universities in Nigeria.

The meeting was attended by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, and heads of tertiary institutions across the country.

The cut-off mark for admission into polytechnics and colleges of education was fixed at 100, while that of innovative enterprising institutes was pegged at 110.

Professor Oloyede, however, said the institutions are at liberty to raise their cut off marks for admission above the minimum benchmark set by the board.

More than 1.7 million candidates applied to study various courses in tertiary institutions across the country in 2017 and with the minimum benchmark fixed by JAMB, admission seekers with requisite qualifications may find it easier to gain admission into institutions of their choice.



https://www.channelstv.com/2017/08/22/jamb-fixes-cut-off-marks-tertiary-institutions/

Sounds funny & bizarre

I think we need to declare a state of emergency in our educational system. R we going forward or backward. Wat a confused government dat does not knw weda to allow post utme or not, now dey r putting d cutoff mark for Jamb @ dis

We are really falling by the day. This nation can't sustain this level of fall in the nearest future.It is time we do something about this.

But where do we start? Who will take the lead when our leaders' children never fail exams in Nigeria and never missed admission into any university of their choice? Or at best do not have any of their children in any university in Nigeria?


Or could it be because FG has reinstate Post-UTME screening by the Institutions that they just want to increase revenues to these Institutions by increasing the number of applicants for admission? Just thinking

Is because of the massive failure in d north........ Is a pity that a whole professor that can b this.......?

Dey should just reduce total score from 400 to 200 so that 110 will still be above half mark