JAMB 2020: JAMB Approves 160 As Cut-Off Mark For Varsities

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board,JAMB,has approved 160 and above to be the National Cut-off mark for admission into varsities ,for the year 2020.

The online meeting held , on Tuesday,the board also approved 140 as minimum Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination score for admission into private universities

For public polytechnic, 120 UTME score was approved, while 100 was approved for Colleges of Education, innovative enterprises and institutes.

The JAMB Registrar,Ishaq Oloyede,During the  meeting, urged tertiary institution heads not to increase admission screening charges beyond N2000.

The registrar stated that only 1,157,977 candidates had the required five credits including English Language and Mathematics that sat for the UTME held in 2019.

He said, “Out of 1,157,977 candidates who sat for UTME in 2019, about 612,557 were admitted.”

According to him, candidates waiting for their results would only be considered when they are uploaded on the website of JAMB.

The Federal Government has warned higher institutions against reopening without the Federal Government’s authorisation Healthforbes Media reporting.

The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, “While we look forward to easing the lockdown which will ultimately lead to re-opening of our campuses, I urge all the Heads of institutions not to wait till the announcement on reopening before putting in place all necessary measures in compliance with the protocols and advisories of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.”