The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday, has announced its decision to cancel general cut-off marks for admission into tertiary institutions.
The commission stated that various institutions would now be given freedom to set their individual cut-off marks for admission.
This decision was reached at the 2021 policy meeting which was held virtually and chaired by the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu.
Speaking during the meeting, the Registrar of JAMB Prof. Is-haq Oloyede said various institutions have proposed different cut-off marks, hence, the general cut-off marks for admission was no longer feasible.
According to the registrar, the University of Maiduguri proposed 150, Usman Dan Fodio University Sokoto proposed 140, Pan Atlantic University proposed 210, University of Lagos 200, Lagos State University 190, Covenant University 190, Bayero University Kano, 180.
Also, during the meeting, the stakeholders approved October 29, 2021, as the deadline for the closure of amendments for 2021 admissions.
On the deadline for the closure of admissions, the stakeholders resolved to allow the ministry to decide as they could not agree on the December 31, 2021, deadline for all public institutions and January 31st 2022 for all public institutions.
During the meeting, it was also approved that for Direct Entry (DE) students, the minimum score a candidate can present should be set at 2 or grade E, while the maximum score a candidate can present is 6.
Speaking on other admission criteria, Oloyede, said the institutions should be given the exclusive power to set their criteria.
Also approved at the policy were the guidelines that every institution is at liberty to admit candidates based on its own minimum score approved by the institution and the policy meeting.
The stakeholders also resolved that prison inmates, visually impaired and foreign candidates should be exempted from sitting for post UTME exercise.
Speaking on the 2020 admissions, Oloyede disclosed that about 600,000 students out of the total eligible 956,809 candidates have been offered admission spaces into the 962 higher education institutions across the country.
