JAMB fixes date to announce new admission cut-off marks

Candidates of the 2021Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will on August 31, 2021, know the minimum admission cut-off mark for the 2021/2022 academic session.

Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) had last year set 160 and above as cut-off mark for admission into universities; 120 for polytechnics and 100 for colleges of education.

According to a bulletin issued by the spokespersons of the Board, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, last Sunday, the decision would be reached on the new minimum cut-off marks and other admission issues in a policy meeting scheduled for 31 August.

The meeting, which has been approved by its Chairman, Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, will have all heads of tertiary institutions, heads of regulatory agencies in the sector, and other stakeholders in attendance.

The bulletin read: “This policy meeting kick-starts the admission process into the tertiary institutions. It will discuss critical issues emanating from the presentation of the Registrar of JAMB on the just-concluded UTME and Direct Entry (DE) applications, in addition to setting the tone for the 2021/2022 admission exercise.

“The meeting is expected to chart policy directions for the country’s tertiary institutions, set admission guidelines and present application statistics for candidates’ performance as well as evaluate the 2020 admission exercise.”

The meeting, in addition to other deliberations, would take a stand on acceptable minimum admissions standards to be applied in all admissions to be undertaken by all tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

Accordingly, “given the critical nature of the decisions to be taken at the meeting, it would be streamed live on the Board’s website: www.jamb.gov.ng, on its Facebook handle: @JAMBULLETIN, and on other social media platforms.”