Schools to decide benchmarks as JAMB cancels general cut-off marks

Faculties to determine benchmarks as JAMB cancels normal cut-off marks

Faculties to determine benchmarks as JAMB cancels normal cut-off marks..

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

The Board took the choice on the 2021 coverage assembly, which was held just about, and chaired by the Minister of Schooling, Adamu Adamu.

Talking through 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 determine cut-off marks; there might be no cut-off marks [stipulation] from JAMB.”

On the deadline for the closure of admissions, the stakeholders resolved to permit the schooling ministry to determine, 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 offer that every one purposes for part-time or full-time programmes for levels, NCE, OND, and others have to be posted solely via 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.

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