JAMB Fixes Cut Off Marks For Universities, Polytechnics, Colleges Of Education

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has fixed minimum cut off marks for Nigeria’s tertiary institutions.
The minimum cut off marks for admissions into universities in Nigeria was set for 120, polytechnics and colleges of education pegged at 100, while that of innovative enterprising institutes was pegged at 110.
Institutions are, however, at liberty to raise their cut off marks for admission above the minimum set by JAMB.

Also, admissions into public degree awarding institutions for the 2017 UTME examination will end on January 15, 2018 while for private institutions, it ends on January 31, 2018.
Additionally, choices on first decision applicants by colleges will end on October 15, and second decision competitors will end on December 15; after which the rest of the understudies will be accessible in the commercial center for different establishments till the January shutting dates.

These choices were taken at the 2017 Combined Policy Meetings on Admissions into Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria which finished on Tuesday.

The Registrar of JAMB, Ishaq Oloyede, said a Central Admission Processing System, CAPS, will be utilized to streamline confirmation forms among establishments, as it tends to challenges related with the previous approach.

Mr. Oloyede likewise said that Institutions could direct double mode framework which includes both manual and the recently presented CAPS.

He pushed a dynamic instructive strategy as identified with confirmations.

"Everywhere throughout the world, there is tumult for dynamic instructive arrangement," he said. "Support concedes for National Diploma, not Higher National Diploma; so why should we utilize a similar prerequisite for ND and BSC, that is nonsensical equality."

"We ought not be nostalgic in settling our cut off check; we require not over-sensationalize issue of cut off stamp."

He said competitors' applications to think about agribusiness was low while applications to contemplate pharmaceutical and wellbeing sciences expanded.

Talking on unlawful affirmations, he said the procedure is presently mechanized in light of the fact that the Registrar of JAMB must endorse all hopefuls.

"Around 17,160 understudies were conceded without JAMB crosswise over foundations in Nigeria," he said.

The Minister of Education, Adamu, additionally in the past declared a lift of the restriction on the direct of Post-UTME examination as an essential for entrance into tertiary foundations.

"Cancelation of Post-UTME is a slip-up," he said.

He noticed that forbidding of post-UTME prompted a considerable measure of anomalies by hopefuls and a few organizations.

The clergyman clarified that with the lifting of the prohibition on the direct of the examination, foundations are currently at freedom to lead, while including that charge for the examination ought not surpass N2000.

He clarified that the 2016 confirmation process was a tremendous achievement, while communicating idealism that administration is working perseveringly to improve that of 2017.

Mr. Adamu noticed that administration is likewise endeavoring endeavors to extend get to and guarantee uniformity in the instruction segment.

He communicated good faith that a considerable number of hopefuls who sat for the 2017 UTME would pick up entrance into tertiary foundation.

"More than 1.6 million competitors connected for degree courses, more than 17,000 for ND and also NCE," he said.