The minimal cut-off mark for admissions in the 2022–2023 academic session has been announced by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), heads of tertiary institutions, and other stakeholders in the nation's education sector.
At a Policy Meeting on Admissions chaired by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, in Abuja, the stakeholders announced that the minimum cut-off mark for admission into Nigerian universities would be 140, the polytechnics would require 100, and colleges of education would require 100.
The implication is that every institution has the right to set its own cut-off mark, even up to 220, but no one would be allowed to go below the agreed minimum marks of 100 for colleges of education, 100 for polytechnics, and 140 for universities, according to JAMB's registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, who announced the cut-off after thorough debates and votes by vice-chancellors of universities, rectors of polytechnics, and provosts
It will be recalled that the JAMB registrar revealed that only 378,639 of the 1,761,338 who wrote the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) scored 200 and above.
Oloyede provided more exam numbers, noting that 378,639 candidates scored higher than 200; 520,596 candidates scored 190 or higher; 704,991 candidates scored 180 or higher; 934,103 candidates scored 170 or higher; and 1,192,057 candidates scored 160 or higher.
The National Universities Commission (NUC), the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), and the National Commission for Colleges of Education are three regulatory bodies that have prescribed admission requirements for institutions. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, urged all institutions to strictly abide by these regulations (NCCE).
