Our correspondent gathered that prior to the 2023 policy meeting held by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, all institutions were advised to propose the cut-off marks for the conduct of their admissions.
The PUNCH reports that Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian universities present at the 2023 policy meeting, however, unanimously agreed on 140 as the minimum benchmark for the admissions of the 2023/2024 academic session.
However, universities are at liberty to decide individual cut-off marks but no university will be allowed to admit any candidate who scored below the 140 benchmark, JAMB registrar, Prof.Ishaq Oloyede said. For the polytechnics, the minimum benchmark score of 100 was adopted for admissions while Colleges of Education adopted the benchmark of 100 for admissions.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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