2020 admission: JAMB reduces cut-off mark
*100 for Colleges of Education, 120 for Poly Technic, 160 for Universities
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has reduced cut-off points for admission into tertiary institutions for the 2020/21 school session.
The cut off points ranged from 100 and above for Colleges of Education, 120 and above for Polytechnics and 160 and above for universities.
The Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this during JAMB’s meeting recently.
Oloyede also disclosed that a total of 612,557 candidates were offered admission in the 2019/20 session, with about 510,957 not able to secure admission during the same period.
“Of the 1,157,977 candidates who sat for the UTME in 2019, about 612,557 were admitted,” he said in his opening address on the occasion.
Oloyede stated that candidates waiting for their results would only be considered when they upload their results on the Board’s website.
Meanwhile, Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has directed JAMB and tertiary institutions to proceed with the conduct of 2020/2021 admissions.
Adamu who was represented by the Minister of State for Education, Mr Emeka Nwajiuba, stated that admission process is expected to commence in August based on the guidelines released by JAMB.
The minister urged JAMB and tertiary institutions to consider candidates with previous years’ Senior School Certificate Examination and other qualifying results while screening candidates for admission.
He said government would make arrangement to accommodate students who would write Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations, West African Examinations Council, WAEC and National Examinations Council.
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has reduced cut-off points for admission into tertiary institutions for the 2020/21 school session.
The cut off points ranged from 100 and above for Colleges of Education, 120 and above for Polytechnics and 160 and above for universities.
The Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this during JAMB’s meeting recently.
Oloyede also disclosed that a total of 612,557 candidates were offered admission in the 2019/20 session, with about 510,957 not able to secure admission during the same period.
“Of the 1,157,977 candidates who sat for the UTME in 2019, about 612,557 were admitted,” he said in his opening address on the occasion.
Oloyede stated that candidates waiting for their results would only be considered when they upload their results on the Board’s website.
Meanwhile, Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has directed JAMB and tertiary institutions to proceed with the conduct of 2020/2021 admissions.
Adamu who was represented by the Minister of State for Education, Mr Emeka Nwajiuba, stated that admission process is expected to commence in August based on the guidelines released by JAMB.
The minister urged JAMB and tertiary institutions to consider candidates with previous years’ Senior School Certificate Examination and other qualifying results while screening candidates for admission.
He said government would make arrangement to accommodate students who would write Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations, West African Examinations Council, WAEC and National Examinations Council.
I hope our children will not loose one session
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