JAMB's Head of Information Dr. Fabian Benjamin, in a statement yesterday in Abuja, said the board would not be deterred and would continue to support policies that would bring Nigeria's education out of the woods.
He explained that previous cut off marks were never strictly followed by most institutions.
Dr. Benjamin said most universities failed to fill their admission quota in the last 10 years.
The statement reads: "The much trending controversy over the just released cut off marks for 2017 admission exercise by stakeholders at the policy meeting is quite unnecessary.
"All Heads of tertiary institutions were requested to submit their cut off benchmark to the board which will then be used for the admission. And these benchmarks once determined cannot be changed in the middle of admission exercise............continue reading@http://www.giftnaija.com/2017/08/jamb-defends-low-minimum-cut-off-marks.html?m=1