JAMB approved Cut Off Mark for Universities at 120 , polytechnics at 100

The Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) has approved the minimum cut-off mark for admission into the university in the 2017/2018 session as 120.

The decision was taken together with vice-chancellors, rectors and provosts

of higher institutions in the country at a combined policy meeting on admissions into universities, polytechnics and other higher institutions in Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday.

The stakeholders also adopted 100 as the minimum cut-off mark for admission into polytechnics.

 Punch reports.

They agreed that admission into first choice universities should close on October 15 while December 15, 2017 was set as the closing date for second choice admission by institutions.

JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, said universities should not go below the minimum 120 cut-off point adopted by the meeting for admissions.