JAMB cancels general cut-off marks, schools to now set benchmarks

JAMB cancels normal cut-off marks, colleges to now set benchmarks

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), has cancelled normal cut-off marks for admission into tertiary establishments and gave colleges the liberty to set their particular person minimal benchmarks for admission.

JAMB introduced the choice on Tuesday on the 2021 coverage assembly, which was held just about, and chaired by the Minister of Training, Adamu Adamu.

Talking in the course of the assembly, Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, stated, “Some universities such because the College of Maiduguri, proposed 150; Usman Dan Fodio College, Sokoto, proposed 140; Pan Atlantic College proposed 210; College of Lagos 200; Lagos State College, 190; Covenant College 190; and Bayero College, Kano, 180.

“Establishments have now been given the freedom to resolve cut-off marks; there shall be no cut-off marks [stipulation] from JAMB.”

On the deadline for the closure of admissions, the stakeholders resolved to permit the training ministry to resolve, as they may not agree on the December 31, 2021 deadline for all public establishments and January 31, 2022 for all non-public establishments.

Stakeholders additionally adopted the 2021 admission pointers, which give that each one purposes for part-time or full-time programmes for levels, NCE, OND, and others have to be posted solely by way of JAMB.

The assembly permitted that, for Direct Entry, the utmost rating a candidate might current is six and the minimal is 2 or an E, as required by regulation.

Revealed at Tue, 31 Aug 2021 18:32:50 +0000