UTME: JAMB, school heads to decide 2021 /2022 admission cut-off point
By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu
Abuja
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), in consultation with heads of tertiary institutions, will on August 31 at a policy meeting, fix the minimum cut-off point for 2021/ 2022 admissions.
According to the board, decisions would be reached on the new minimum cut-off points and other admission issues at the policy meeting which will be presided over by minister of education, Malam Adamu Adamu.
In the previous year, JAMB, in collaboration with heads of universities, polytechnics and colleges of education, pegged the minimum cut-off point at 160 for admission into universities, 120 for polytechnics and 100 for colleges of education.
The board said this in its weekly bulletin released by its head of media, Dr Fabian Benjamin, Sunday in Abuja.
“This meeting kick-starts the admission process into the nation’s tertiary institutions. It will discuss critical issues emanating from the presentation of the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry applications, in addition to setting the tone for the 2021/2022 Admission exercise.
“The meeting is expected to chart policy directions for the nation’s tertiary institutions, set admission guidelines and
present application statistics, candidates’ performance as well as evaluate the 2020 Admission exercise.
“The meeting, in addition to other deliberations, would take a stand on acceptable minimum admissions standards to be applied in all admissions to be undertaken by all tertiary
institutions in Nigeria,” the bulletin reads in part.
The bulletin further disclosed that given the critical nature of the decisions to be taken at the meeting, it would be streamed live on the board’s website, www.jamb.gov.ng, and on its Facebook handle,“@JAMBULLETIN” and other social media platforms.
Benjamin said the board made it clear that it was an abuse of process for any institution to commence any admission
exercise before this meeting.