Nigerian Government Puts Cut-Off Marks Into Unity School At 134 Average For South-East, As Low As 2 Marks For Zamfara State
Sahara Reporters
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Also, Sokoto has 9 for males and 13 for females; Zamfara has 4 marks for males and 2 for females.
The Federal Ministry of Education pegs cut-off marks for admission into the 104 unity schools nationwide at 134 on average for the five South-East states, while states in the North have cut-offs of 20 marks and even below.

This cut-off is out of a total 300 marks.

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SaharaReporters obtained the cut-off lists as released by the Ministry for the 2020/2021 academic year, showing the huge disparity between the cut-off marks which candidates from South-East and South-West states should have and what the candidates from North should obtain.

According to the breakdown, Anambra has the highest cut-off of “139 marks for both males and females; Imo 138; Enugu 134, Lagos 133; Delta 131, Ogun 131, Abia 130 and Edo.”



Osun and Oyo also are among the 10 top with the highest cut-off marks with both of them having 127 marks.

SaharaReporters observed that the least 10 cut-off marks for Unity Schools are all northern states; Gombe 58; Nasarawa 58; Borno 45; Jigawa 44, Bauchi 35; Kebbi has 9 for males and 20 for females.

Also, Sokoto has 9 for males and 13 for females; Zamfara has 4 marks for males and 2 for females.


Taraba and Yobe are the least states with Taraba having 3 for males and 11 for females while Yobe has 2 for males and 27 for females.

The cut-off marks were reportedly released by the National Examination Council.

“Some pupils are admitted into Unity schools with as low as two marks in the common entrance examinations while some can only get into the same schools with at least 130 marks. Slowly mediocrity has crept in.

“While a candidate from Anambra State has to struggle for 139, a candidate from Zamfara is looking for just 4 marks. Yes, it is true that the quota system is meant to give educationally disadvantaged regions of the country an opportunity to access quality education, but that gap is ridiculous.



“Merit should also be a strong consideration,” an education expert, who did not want his name in print, explained.




GUEST_1m5xMxzQo
10h
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They think that they are punishing the Eastern States without knowing that they are empowering them for academic excellence while their people with the lowest cut off point are being impoverished academically because they can't compete with their counterparts from the Eastern States. They will end up becoming educated illiterates. More

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UgoOtiwu
9h
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One Nigeria abi?
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EnyinnaNkemAbonta
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Social engineers love to apply the quota system in order to achieve their definition of equity regarding outcomes and inputs. Although I'm opposed to any quota system as a matter of principle, I can understand the argument for it in a multi-ethnic country. But a quota system that imposes a minimum of 139 points for a region and only 60 for another is indefensible. It's outrageously unfair to the high cut-off region, and makes nonsense of the principle of equity and fairness and the very idea of a common belongingness to the same national entity. Moreover, in the long-run, it damages the competitiveness of the low cut-off regions, entrenching their laggardness. More

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EMMANUELAMAIZU_01
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This is one of the reasons why southern & Middle Belt must join to form one country.this what Nnamdi Kanu & Igbogho are fighting. Pls. what is the future? This country has a futureless future. More



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