Anietie Udobit, Abuja
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has set cut
off marks for 2020/21 admissions into Nigerian tertiary institutions.
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The Registrar of the
board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this during a presentation of the policy
considerations at the 2020 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary
Institutions on Tuesday in Abuja.
Oloyede said that 160 and above have been approved as cut
off mark for 2020/21 admissions into universities across the country, 120 and
above as cut off mark into Polytechnics and 100 and above for both Colleges of
Education and Innovation Enterprise Institutions.
He explained that the decision was taken after each of the
Institutions had voted and prescribed minimum cut off marks for their schools.
”No University would be allowed to admit a candidate if he
or she has scored less than 160 in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination (UTME).
”Also, that is not the only thing that would be taken for
admission, some would do post UTME and other physical assessments and that will
be added to it to determine the cut off mark.
”Nobody can admit a candidate with a score less than what
the institution prescribed. That is, those who voted for 210 can maintain the
figure and not 209 or anything below 210.
”All those who prescribed less than 160 for universities
cannot be accepted but 160 and above and the same goes for Polytechnics and
Colleges of Education.
”Every institution will have what it prescribed for itself
except for those who prescribed lower and have to come up above the minimum
mark,” he said.
Oloyede said that there would be no admissions outside the
board’s Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS).
According to him, any institution that violates the
decisions as agreed at the policy meeting would be sanctioned.
He said that the admission process for 2020/21 would
commence from August 21.
”Following the country’s uncertainty in the events of the
pandemic, a date for the deadline has not been decided yet but would be
communicated later by the Ministry of Education.
”All institutions must not charge more than N2000, including
bank charges, for their post UTME,” Oloyede said.
The Registrar said that waiver has been approved for foreign
candidates, the deaf and blind as well as prison candidates against sitting for
post UTME screening.
”This was because of the difficulty in the process as
complained by the group,” he said.
Oloyede also disclosed that a total of 612, 557 candidates
were offered admission in 2019 just as he said about 510,957 admission spaces
were unused by tertiary institutions in 2019.
According to him, only 1,157,977 candidates had the required
five credits with English and Mathematics that sat for the Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examinations last year.
“Out of 1,157,977 candidates who sat for UTME in 2019, about
612,557 were admitted,” he said in his opening address at the occasion. Oloyede
noted that candidates waiting for their results will only be considered when
they are uploaded on its website.
The meeting was organised by JAMB to signify the
commencement of admissions into tertiary institutions, took place at the JAMB’s
Headquarters, and had in attendance the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education,
Director General of the National Youth Service Corps and staff of the Board.
Other participants: include Vice-Chancellors, Rectors and
Provosts of all tertiary institutions across the country, as well as members of
JAMB governing board.
The meeting was held virtually via the Zoom network.