The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and tertiary education stakeholders adopted 140 as the minimum cut-off mark for 2022 admission into the nation’s universities on Thursday in Abuja.
The cut-off point for polytechnics and colleges of education was set at 100.
The cut-off marks were decided at the 2022 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Degree, Nigerian Certificate of Education (NCE), and National Diploma (ND) programmes, which is currently taking place at the International Conference Centre in Abuja.
Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education, will preside over the meeting.
Mr Adamu warned Nigerian tertiary institutions against illegal admissions in his opening remarks, saying that all admissions into the country’s universities, Polytechnics, and colleges of education must be processed through the Central Admission Processing System (CAPS).
The minister stated that any tertiary institution head found engaging in illegal admissions would be prosecuted, even if the infractions were discovered after their tenures.
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At the meeting, it was decided that “every institution is free to determine the minimum UTME score acceptable to it for admission.” Similarly, for Direct Entry admissions, each institution will determine the number of points required for direct entry admission. Nonetheless, no institution can recommend or admit any candidate with fewer than two points for direct entry.
“In the same vein, no institution can admit/accept the transfer of a candidate for any degree programme unless the candidate has spent at least two consecutive full-time sessions in the institution.”
The meeting also decided that “no institution will be allowed to recommend or admit any candidate whose total score is less than the minimum score proposed by the institution and approved by the Policy Meeting.” The totality of all scores used for ranking the candidate shall be considered in determining the percentage minimum score.”
