JAMB Retains 180, 150 for Varsity, Poly Cut-off Marks

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has retained the cut off marks of 180 and 150 respectively as cut off marks for this year’s admission into universities, polytechnics and colleges of education, just as it did last year.

 The Registrar of JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, who made the announcement on Tuesday in Abuja, at the 7th policy meeting of stakeholders in the tertiary education sector, said degree-awarding institutions, such as universities would require 180 as minimum mark and for those seeking to gain entry this year, while NCE and ND-awarding institutions, like colleges of education and polytechnics would accept 150 as the least UTME score for the 2015 session.

Meanwhile, Professor Ojerinde has announced Imo state and the University of Ilorin as having the highest number of applicants from the states and first choice of University respectively, while FCT brings up the rear as the state with the least number of applicants.

Ojerinde further flayed the admission policies of some universities, whereby candidates are admitted through the back door with the university failing to regularise such admissions. He mentioned the Universities of Port Harcourt and Abuja as topping the list of 15 universities that are fond of admitting students illegally without the approval and knowledge of the board. He advised them to take urgent steps to regularise these admissions.

Earlier, while declaring the meeting open, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Dr. MchJohn Nwaobiala, said government will do all it can to encourage the rapid transformation of the education sector through enhanced access to the majority of the applicants.