JAMB Announces General Cut-off Mark for Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the cut-off marks for the 2024/2025 admission exercise. This was disclosed during the JAMB policy meeting held yesterday. The decision was taken after a heated session comprising officials from JAMB, the Ministry of Education, the National Universities Commission, and the National Board for Technical Education among …
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the cut-off marks for the 2024/2025 admission exercise. This was disclosed during the JAMB policy meeting held yesterday. The decision was taken after a heated session comprising officials from JAMB, the Ministry of Education, the National Universities Commission, and the National Board for Technical Education among others.
140 was approved as the national minimum cut-off mark for admission into public universities. 100 was decided for Polytechnics and Colleges of Education. However, the institutions are at liberty to decide individual cut-off marks but no institution will be allowed to admit any candidate who scores below the the stipulated benchmark.
The meeting had in attendance the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, vice-chancellors, rectors and registrars of higher institutions and other stakeholders.
The board also pegged the amount for Post-UTME screening at N2,000. According to JAMB, any institution interested in conducting any form of screening could do so, but the charge for the screening should not exceed N2,000 only.
With the announcement of the cut-off marks, Public tertiary institutions will begin announcing their Post-UTME sales forms and screening dates. Candidates are to be on the look out for such announcements.
Meanwhile, you can see the full list of Possible Cut Off Marks for All Nigerian Schools as well as the List of Schools Whose Post UTME and Admission Screening forms are out to possibly know how your school of choice screening looks like. Good luck!
